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PEOPLE vs Jerome Gallate

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JEROME GALLATE, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 144395-98 | 2002-06-26

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the court a quo[1] finding accused-appellant Jerome Gallate guilty of rape, imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay the offended party P50,000.00 as indemnity and P20,000.00 as damages.

In October 1991 four (4) separate Informations were filed against accused-appellant Jerome Gallate charging him with four (4) counts of rape before the Regional Trial Court of Bontoc, Mt. Province. In Crim. Cases Nos. 832-834, three (3) Informations alleged that on various dates in June 1991[2] (28 June 1991 in Crim. Case No. 832; 26 June 1991 in...