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PEOPLE vs. Rogelio B. Antido

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. ROGELIO ANTIDO y ABALAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121098 | 1997-09-04

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused Rogelio Antido y Abalan appeals from the decision of 25 January 1995 1 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Davao City, Branch 17, in Criminal Case No. 33585-94, finding him guilty of two counts of rape committed on 8 February and 18 March 1994 and sentencing him in each to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties, to pay complainant Jonejeel Jugadora 2 and her parents the amount of P30,000.00 and to pay the costs of the suit.

Complainant Jonejeel Jugadora, then only fifteen years of age when she was allegedly raped, initiated the prosecution therefor by filing...