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PEOPLE vs Modesto Mamac

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MODESTO MAMAC y CAMINERO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130332 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

In two informations filed with the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 15,1 [Presided over by Judge Jesus V. Quitain.] Modesto C. Mamac was accused of raping Bernadette U. Enguito on two separate occasions. The informations were respectively docketed as Criminal Case No. 35,662-95 and Criminal Case No. 35,663-95.

After a joint trial, the trial court found Mamac guilty beyond reasonable doubt on both indictments.2 [Decision, pp. 1-7; Rollo, pp. 14-20.] Accordingly, it sentenced him as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the prosecution having proven the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt, Modesto Mamac y...