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PEOPLE vs Edgardo de Leon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO DE LEON Y SANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128436 | 1999-12-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, Cavite City in Criminal Case No. 3454-94,[1] the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, this court finds the accused, EDGARDO DE LEON guilty of Rape beyond reasonable doubt, and sentences him to the DEATH penalty and to pay the victim, Amelia de Leon Parocho, the amount of P50,000.00 for moral damages in line with the reward made under the case of People v. Bonday (222 SCRA 216 [1997]).

"SO ORDERED."[2]

The facts, according to the prosecution, are as follows:

On July 22, 1992, at 11:00 in the evening, Amelia de Leon,...