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PEOPLE vs Florencio Cadampog

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FLORENCIO CADAMPOG, appellant.

G.R. No. 148144 | 2004-04-30

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Malaybalay City, Branch 9, in Criminal Case No. 7823-96, finding the appellant Florencio Cadampog guilty of rape committed against complainant Prudencia Lasara,[2] and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the sum of P50,000 as moral damages and P10,000 as actual damages.

The Information filed against the appellant reads:

That on or about the 14th day of January 1996, in the afternoon, at Sitio Himaya, Barangay Kuya, Municipality of Maramag, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines and within the...