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PEOPLE vs Gregorio Magtrayo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO MAGTRAYO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134480-82 | 2000-10-04

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

For automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court Branch 19 of Cagayan de Oro City, convicting accused-appellant Gregorio Magtrayo of rape, on three counts, committed against Mary Mae L. Cabactulan and sentencing him to suffer three penalties of death, or one death sentence per each count of rape, and to pay private complainant indemnity in the sum of P150,000.00 and exemplary damages of P30,000.00.

Sometime in August, 1995, the Philippine National Police ("PNP") of Balingasag, Misamis Oreintal, detained private complainant Mary Mae L. Cabactulan, for stealing several packs of cigarette at a...