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PEOPLE vs. Abelardo M. Marquez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. ABELARDO MARQUEZ Y MARTINEZ, defendant.

G.R. No. L-48834 | 1987-09-14

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J p:

Before the Court, on automatic review, is the decision * of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Ninth (9th) Judicial District, Branch X Gumaca, convicting the accused Abelardo Marquez of the crime of rape with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death, to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Eva Alva, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Pesos (P12,000.00) and to pay the costs. 1

The prosecution's version of the case, as summarized by the court a quo, is as follows:

FOR THE PROSECUTION

"That at about 1:00 P.M. of September 16, 1975, while the victim Eva Alva, a six year old girl, was...