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PEOPLE vs Rudy Cortes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUDY CORTES Y CABALLERO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129693 | 2000-01-24

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

Before the Court for automatic review is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Narciso G. Bravo.] of the Regional Trial Court of Masbate, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. 7978, convicting the accused-appellant, Rudy Cortes y Caballero, of the crime of rape committed against Analiza Germina y Banculo, sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death, and disposing thus:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Rudy Cortes y Caballero guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape defined under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code with three (3) attendant aggravating circumstances a crime penalized under R.A....