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PEOPLE vs. Candelario Ibalang

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CANDELARIO IBALANG alias "TATA", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 109763 | 1998-02-24

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Tagum, Davao, Branch 1, finding the accused-appellant Candelario Ibalang, alias "Tata," guilty of rape committed on June 23 and 24, 1990 against his stepdaughter, Leizel Morales, and sentencing him to two (2) counts of reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties of the law and to pay the offended party P100,000 in moral damages for the two crimes.

The facts are as follows:

Accused-appellant Candelario Ibalang is the second husband of Rosita Loyong. Complainant Leizel Morales is Rosita's daughter by her previous marriage to Victor...