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PEOPLE Vs. Jose T. Ocampo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE OCAMPO y TIAMSON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 90247-49 | 1992-02-13

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Jose Ocampo appeals from a decision of the trial court convicting him of two (2) crimes of statutory rape, sentencing him for each crime to the penalty of reclusion perpetua and awarding private complainant Luzviminda A. Bañaz an indemnity of P25,000.00 as moral damages, but acquitting him of the crime of lascivious acts for insufficiency of evidence. 1

Appellant was charged in two (2) complaints both dated 7 July 1988 and signed by the complainant of statutory rape. The first complaint reads:

"That on or about the 23rd day of December 1983, in the Municipality of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines...