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PEOPLE vs Francis Gavina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCIS GAVINA Y QUEBEC, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 143237 | 2002-10-28

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated April 25, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 109, convicting appellant, Francis Gavina y Quebec, of rape in Criminal Case No. 99-0295, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim P75,000 as indemnity and P50,000 as moral damages.[2]

In an information dated February 22, 1999, appellant was accused of rape, committed as follows:

That on or about the 19th day of January, 1999, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, FRANCIS GAVINA Y...