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PEOPLE vs Nolino Bagong Managaytay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs., NOLINO BAGONG MANAGAYTAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126916 | 1999-03-25

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

At bar is automatic appeal from the Decision of Branch 25 of the Regional Trial Court in Danao City, finding accused Nolino Bacong Managaytay guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, and sentencing him as follows:

"Wherefore, the Court finds accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the heinous crime of rape, there being no mitigating circumstances considered, accused is hereby sentenced to face the supreme penalty of death.

Accused is hereby ordered to indemnify complainant the sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) for damages.

SO ORDERED."1 [RTC Decision, p. 17, Rollo, p. 54.]

On June 16,...