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PEOPLE Vs. Hugo C. Ylarde

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HUGO YLARDE y DELA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 100521 | 1993-07-05

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, Lingayen, Pangasinan, in Criminal Case No. L-4340, finding appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape (Article 335, Revised Penal Code) and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay costs. The trial court also ordered appellant to pay P20,000.00 as moral damages, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.

The information filed against appellant reads as follows:

"That on or about the 30th day of June, 1990 in the afternoon (sic) in the municipality of Tayug, province of Pangasinan,...