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PEOPLE vs Reynaldo de Villa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO DE VILLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124639 | 2001-02-01

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Elevated to this Court by way of automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 166,1 Judge Jesus G. Bersamira presiding.1 in Criminal Case No. 107520-H, sentencing accused-appellant to death for committing the crime of rape and ordering him to indemnify the victim the sum of P50,000 and to support the child whom he sired with the victim.

On January 9, 1995, a criminal information was filed against accused-appellant with the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City alleging as follows:

That on or about the month of April, 1994, in the Municipality of Pasig, Metro...