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PEOPLE vs Bascugin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FLORENTINO BASCUGIN y REYES, appellant.

G.R. No. 144195 | 2004-05-25

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Tagaytay City, Branch 18, finding the appellant Florentino Bascugin y Reyes guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the victim Ivee Peñano y Hernando the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The appellant was charged of rape in an Information, which reads:

Undersigned Asst. Provincial Prosecutor, upon prior complaint of the offended party, accuses FLORENTINO BASCUGIN y REYES of the crime of RAPE, committed as follows:

That on or about...