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PEOPLE vs Abundio Tolentino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ABUNDIO TOLENTINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130514 | 1999-06-17

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

This case is before us for the automatic review1 [Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. No. 7659.] of the decision2 [Per Judge Reynaldo V. Roura, Rollo, 16-19.] of 19 May 1997 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Macabebe, Pampanga, Branch 55, in Criminal Case No. 96-1763, in view of the death penalty imposed on accused-appellant Abundio Tolentino (hereafter TOLENTINO).

TOLENTINO was charged with the crime of rape in an information3 [Rollo, 7.] which reads:

That during the period from May 1, 1995 to July 1995, in Masantol, Pampanga, and within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable...