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PEOPLE vs Arnel Almacin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARNEL ALMACIN y CERENO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 113253 | 1999-02-19

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before us is an appeal from the decision1 [Rollo, pp. 20-26, penned by J. Winefredo A. Armenta.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Daet, Camarines Norte, in Criminal Case No. 6573, finding the accused Arnel Almacin y Cereno, guilty of rape committed against Marilyn B. Idaloy, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to indemnify the offended party in the sum of P50,000.00.

On March 27, 1990, one Marilyn B. Idaloy, assisted by her father Eufronio Idaloy, filed a criminal complaint2 [Original Record, Vol.1, p. 2.] for rape against the accused in the Municipal Trial...