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PEOPLE vs Patrick Colisao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PATRICK A. COLISAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134526 | 2001-12-11

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is an appeal from a Decision[1] dated May 27, 1998 rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, in Criminal Case No. U-9456, the dispositive portion of which decrees:

WHEREFORE, JUDGMENT of CONVICTION beyond reasonable doubt is hereby rendered against accused PATRICK COLISAO for the crime of SIMPLE RAPE defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to R.A. 7659, the Court sentences Patrick Colisao to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua and to pay Maylene Tabin the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages.

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On December 17,...