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PEOPLE vs Fernando Ramilla y Rentino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO RAMILLA y RENTINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127485 | 1999-07-19

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

FERNANDO RAMILLA Y RENTINO was charged on 10 July 1996 with raping ten-year old Crisanda Cabugza Calderon before the Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas,1 [Per Certificate of Live Birth of Crisanda Cabugza Calderon she was born on 8 August 1986 (Exh. "A"), Records, p. 37, but erroneously stated in the Information as eleven (11) years old.] docketed as Crim. Case No. 96-0315. The trial court found him guilty of rape and sentenced him to death, applying Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Sec. 11 of RA No. 7659.

The records disclose that sometime in 1994 ten-year old Crisanda Cabugza...