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PEOPLE vs Edmundo de Leon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDMUNDO DE LEON y JESUS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130985 | 1999-12-03

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

For review by the Court is the decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque City, Branch 259, in Criminal Case Nos. 96-876 to 96-892, finding accused-appellant Edmundo de Leon guilty of seventeen (17) counts of rape and imposing on him the penalty of death. The decretal portion of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, finding accused EDMUNDO DE LEON GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of rape for seventeen (17) time as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Section 11 of the Republic Act No. 7659, this Court hereby sentences...