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PEOPLE vs Ferdinand Francisco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FERDINAND FRANCISCO, appellant.

G.R. No. 141631 | 2003-04-04

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated May 7, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Agoo, La Union, Branch 31, finding herein appellant, Ferdinand Francisco, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of P50,000 and attorney's fees in the amount of P10,000.

Based on a criminal complaint filed by private complainant Rose Francisco (Rose, for brevity), appellant was charged on May 11, 1995 with the crime of rape in an information that read:

The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, on the basis of the sworn...