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PEOPLE Vs. Gervacio Saguban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERVACIO SAGUBAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 96287 | 1994-04-25

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Criminal Case No. 6401, tried and concluded in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 36, of Dumaguete City, in the Province of Negros Oriental, is now before this Court for review. In its decision * dated 31 July 1990, the court a quo found the accused Gervacio Saguban guilty of the crime of Rape committed against Susana Casido; sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; and ordered him to pay Casido the sum of P12,000.00 as moral damages, and to pay the costs.

In an Information filed by 4th Asst. Provincial Fiscal Wilfredo R. Salmin, the accused Gervacio Saguban was charged with the crime of...