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People Vs Alfredo Brandares Y Boton

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO BRANDARES y BOTON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130092 | 1999-07-26

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the Decision[1] dated March 24, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch 37,[2] in Criminal Case No. 95-22, convicting accused-appellant Alfredo Brandares of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the victim in the sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages and Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) as exemplary damages.

The Information (Complaint) filed before the trial court which charged accused-appellant Alfredo with the crime of rape reads as follows:

"That on or about the 3rd week of...