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PEOPLE vs Vergilio Reyes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VERGILIO REYES Y LORESCA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 113781 | 1999-09-30

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Santa Cruz, Laguna, Branch 26, in Criminal Case No. SC-4292, promulgated on November 28, 1991, which found appellant Vergilio Reyes guilty of rape and imposed upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The factual antecedents of this case, as gleaned from the records, are as follows:

On the evening of October 30, 1990, complainant Leticia Papa arrived home in a state of disarray, with her clothes muddy and streaked with blood. Questioning by her concerned parents led to the revelation that she had been abused sexually. She named appellant as the...