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PEOPLE vs Rodolfo Villaraza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO VILLARAZA Y PANIS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131848-50 | 2000-09-05

D E C I S I O N
VITUG, J.:
For automatic review by the Court is the decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 28, of Naga City, in Criminal Cases No. 97-6670, No. 97-6671 and No. 97-6672, finding the accused therein, RODOLFO VILLARAZA y PANIS, guilty of three (3) counts of rape and imposing upon him in each of the cases the penalty of death.
The conviction of the accused stemmed from three separate informations that read:
"CRIMINAL CASE NO. 97-6670
"The undersigned Prosecutor, based upon a complaint of herein offended party Jennifer Garcia, which is attached and marked "Annex A", accuses RODOLFO VILLARAZA y PANIS of the crime...