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PEOPLE vs Roberto Tampos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO TAMPOS Y AGUSTIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 142740 | 2003-08-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated January 3, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 17, in Criminal Case No. 42,631-99. Appellant ROBERTO TAMPOS Y AGUSTIN was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Appellant was charged in an information[2] containing the following allegations:

The undersigned, at the instance of the offended party HAPPYLEN ORTEGA Y RIOS, whose affidavit hereto attached and form part of this Information accuses the above-named accused of the crime of STATUTORY RAPE, under Art. 335, Par. 3 of the Revised Penal Code in...