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PEOPLE vs Jesus Tanail

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS TANAIL y BORBE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125279 | 2000-01-28

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

Accused Jesus Tanail y Borbe has appealed from the decision1 [In Criminal Case No. 1045, Decision dated April 25, 1996, Judge Teresita V. Diaz-Baldoz, presiding.] of the Regional Trial Court, Bulacan, Branch 17, Malolos, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape punished under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim Marites S. dela Cruz the sum of fifty thousand (P50,000.00) pesos, as moral damages and fifty thousand (P50,000.00) pesos, as exemplary damages.

On March 25, 1994, Bulacan Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Lucita E. Marcelo filed...