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PEOPLE vs. Isagani Royeras, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ISAGANI ROYERAS and ERIC CUMPIO, accused, ISAGANI ROYERAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-64849 | 1984-06-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Leyte, Eighth Judicial District, Branch VII convicting Isagani Royeras of the crime of rape. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of aggravated rape committed by two persons defined and penalized in Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, the court hereby sentences the accused Isagani Royeras to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the complainant Merelyn Cerena in the amount of P12,000, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to one-half of the...