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People vs. Polonio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DARYL POLONIO y TUANGCAY, Accused-Appellant. Present: SERENO, * CJ, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,** J., Acting Chairperson, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA,JJ.

G.R. No. 211604 | 2016-06-08

DECISION


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,J.:

Before this Court is an appeal from the October 30, 2013 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04594, which affirmed the March 5, 2010 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, in Criminal Case No. 870-T, finding accused-appellant Daryl Polonio y Tuangcay guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, sentencing him to the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the victim AAA3 Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity and Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages.

The Information dated August 23, 2005 reads...