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PEOPLE vs Santiago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO SANTIAGO, alias "Payo", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129339 | 1999-12-02

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Accused-appellant appeals from the Decision of Branch 33 of the Regional Trial Court of Nueva Ecija dated March 5, 19971 [Written by Executive Judge Rogelio P. de Guzman.] in Criminal Case No. 1217-G, the decretal portion of which reads:

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, the Court finds the accused Mario Santiago alias "Payo" guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; and to indemnify the complaining witness Michelle Mana the amount of Fifty Thousand...