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PEOPLE vs Domingo Brigildo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOMINGO BRIGILDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124129 | 2000-01-28

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the consolidated Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City, Branch 12, dated November 7, 1995, in Criminal Cases No. 4591-0 and No. 4607-0, for Rape; and No. 4606-0 for Attempted Rape allegedly committed by appellant Domingo Brigildo against complainant Marites Belic, the youngest daughter of his common-law spouse, Alfreda Mabale. He was acquitted of the charge of attempted rape. But the trial court found him guilty of two counts of rape, for which he was twice sentenced to death.

The accusatory portion of the Information in Criminal Case No. 4591-0 for Rape reads:

"That on...