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PEOPLE vs Nexiel Ortega

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NEXIEL ORTEGA @ "REX ORTEGA," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137824 | 2002-09-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated August 5, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 114, in Criminal Case No. 96-9500, finding appellant Nexiel Ortega alias "Rex Ortega" guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify private complainant Elisa Oguyan[2] in the amount of P100,000.

The Information against appellant reads:

The undersigned Assistant City Prosecutor, upon a sworn complaint originally filed by complainant Eliza Oguyan y Tolibas, accuses NEXIEL ORTEGA @ REX ORTEGA of the crime of RAPE, committed as follows:

That on or about the...