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PEOPLE. Vs. Marcelino Guarnes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO GUARNES y LANZUELA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-65175 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pili, Camarines Sur (Branch 31) which imposed on the accused-appellant Marcelino Guarnes the supreme penalty of death. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Court finds the accused Marcelino Guarnes y Lanzuela guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of rape with homicide punishable under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by R.A. No. 2632 and R.A. 4111 and hereby sentences said accused with the penalty of death." (p. 387, Original Records)

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