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PEOPLE vs Noli Novio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NOLI NOVIO y AYASO, appellant.

G.R. No. 139332 | 2003-06-20

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Tacloban City, in Criminal Case No. 94-09-447 finding appellant Noli Novio y Ayaso guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape, sentencing him to thirty years of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay P50,000 to the victim, as civil indemnity.

The appellant was charged with rape under the Information which reads:

That on or about the 24th day of September, 1994, in the City of Tacloban, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, did, then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and...