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PEOPLE vs. Alfredo D. Alegado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO ALEGADO Y DELIMA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 93030-31 | 1991-08-21

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The accused-appellant stands charged and convicted of two counts of rape by the Regional Trial Court of San Carlos City, Branch 58 in its decision promulgated on October 26, 1989 with the following dispositive portion:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape punished under Article 335 paragraphs 1 & 3 of the Revised Penal Code, said accused is hereby sentenced to RECLUSION PERPETUA on both counts, the sentences to be served successively, to pay the offended party the sum of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00), and to pay costs of suit." (RTC Decision, p. 8;...