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PEOPLE vs Alfredo Arafiles

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO ARAFILES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128814 | 2000-02-09

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,1 [Per Judge Conrado A. Ragucos.] dated August 12, 1996, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, Laoag City, finding accused-appellant Alfredo Arafiles guilty of two counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each crime and to indemnify complainant Maria Corazon Dampil in the amount of P50,000.00.

In two identical informations filed against accused-appellant, it was alleged:

That on 27 February 1994, at about 11:30 o'clock in the evening, at Brgy. Dulloogan, in the municipality of Bacarra, Province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines and...