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PEOPLE Vs Hermie Bantilan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERMIE BANTILAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129286 | 1999-09-14

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review by this Court is the Decision of Branch 32, Regional Trial Court, Surigao City finding accused-appellant Hermie Bantilan y Taganas guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the complex crime of rape with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

On February 17, 1995, the Provincial Prosecutor of Surigao del Norte filed with the Regional Trial Court, Surigao del Norte, an Information charging Bantilan with the crime of rape with homicide committed as follows:

That on December 27, 1994 at about 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon, in Bunyasan, Malimono, Surigao del Norte, and...