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PEOPLE vs Guilbert Arcillas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUILBERT ARCILLAS y PEREZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126817 | 2000-12-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. 2990 (12023) finding appellant Guilbert Arcillas y Perez, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape with frustrated homicide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
The facts of this case, culled from the records, are as follows:

On the morning of August 18, 1995, private complainant Isabel Lanipa y Perez and her husband, Romeo Lanipa, left their home at Tagasilay, Zamboanga City, to go to their farm in Simanta, a sitio of Tagasilay. On the way complainant's husband stopped to chat...