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People vs. Edgardo Grefaldia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDGARDO GREFALDIA, appellant.

G.R. No. 121637 | 2003-04-30

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated November 8, 1994 of the Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 61, in Criminal Case No. 3199-G, finding appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of five counts of rape and meting on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count and ordering him to indemnify the victim, Vilma Convocar, in the amount of P30,000.

Appellant Edgardo Grefaldia, together with three John Does, was charged with rape upon the victim's verified complaint that reads:

That on or about the 3rd day of December 1988, at Barangay Bagong Silang, Municipality of Buenavista, Province...