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PEOPLE Vs. Paulino O. Rivera

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PAULINO RIVERA y ORDANZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 87187 | 1995-06-29

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

This appeal is interposed from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XLIX, in Criminal Case No. 87-58720-SCC convicting the accused thusly:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding the Accused PAULINO RIVERA y ORDANZA guilty beyond reasonable doubt, as principal, for the crime of FORCIBLE ABDUCTION WITH RAPE and hereby imposes on him the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA and hereby condemns to him to pay to ALMIDA (AILEEN) PORTONA and her parents the amount of P30,000.00 as and by way of moral damages and the cost of suit.

"The period during which the Accused underwent detention...