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PEOPLE vs. GEORGE ALAY-AY

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GEORGE ALAY-AY y JUDERIAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137199-230 | 2001-08-23

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 54, Manila, convicting the accused-appellant George Alay-ay y Juderias of the crime of rape in Criminal Case No. 97-157054, and also of the crime of acts of lasciviousness in Criminal Case No. 97-157055, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for the crime of rape, and imprisonment of two (2) years, four (4) months and one day as minimum to four (4) years and two (2) months as maximum of prision correccional for the crime of acts of lasciviousness.

At the outset, we...