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PEOPLE Vs. Arnulfo Orande y Chavez.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ARNULFO ORANDE y CHAVEZ, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 141724-27 | 2003-11-12

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18, in Criminal Case Nos. 97-159184, 97-159185, 97-159186 and 97-159187, convicting appellant for two counts of simple rape, one count of statutory rape and one count of frustrated rape, and sentencing him to suffer three counts of reclusion perpetua for the simple and statutory rapes, and an indeterminate penalty of 8 years to 14 years and 8 months of imprisonment for the frustrated rape.

Complainant Jessica Castro charged appellant with raping her four times between January 1994 and November 1996. The informations filed...