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People vs Camilo Villanueva

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CAMILO VILLANUEVA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135330 | 2000-08-31

D E C I S I O N 

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.: 

For automatic review[1] by this Court is the judgment[2] of 12 May 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Cebu City, in Criminal Case No. CBU-46026-A, finding accused-appellant Camilo Villanueva (hereafter CAMILO) guilty of the crime of rape committed on the victim, Nia Gabuya (hereafter NIA), and sentencing him to suffer the extreme penalty of death and to pay NIA moral damages in the amount of P50,000. 

In an amended Information[3] dated 16 January 1998, CAMILO was charged with rape as defined and penalized in R.A. No. 8353.[4] The accusatory portion of the indictment states: 

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