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PEOPLE vs. Loreto Malbago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LORETO MALBAGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 37679 | 1990-05-14

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Loreto Malbago appealed to this Court from the judgment of the Court of First Instance at Ormoc City, which convicted him of the felony of rape and sentenced him to "life imprisonment; to indemnify the victim Florita Turtogo in the sum of P12,000.00; and to recognize the offspring, if and when the complainant shall give birth to a child within the ordinary period of pregnancy from the date of the sexual intercourse on February 20, 1973." 1

At the time that the crime was supposedly committed, Florita was 14 years of age, residing at barrio Rizal, Kananga, Leyte, and a high school student at the Saint Peters...