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PEOPLE vs Gonzalo Penaso

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GONZALO PENASO @ "LULU", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121980 | 2000-02-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 1, in Criminal Cases Nos. 6775, 6787, 6788, and 6789, promulgated on March 10, 1995, finding appellant Gonzalo Penaso guilty of rape in Criminal Case No. 6775, and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua while acquitting him in the other cases. The fallo reads:

"PREMISES CONSIDERED, in Criminal Case No. 6775, the Court finds the accused GONZALO PENASO guilty of the crime of Rape punished under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code and hereby sentences him to suffer an imprisonment of Reclusion Perpetua, with the...