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PEOPLE vs Antonio Sayao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO SAYAO, JR. y DE LEON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124297 | 2001-02-21

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on automatic review of the decision,[1] dated October 30, 1995, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 31, San Pedro, Laguna, finding accused-appellant Antonio Sayao, Jr. y de Leon guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the death penalty and to pay complainant Jenny Sayao P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs.[2]

The information against accused-appellant, charging him with rape, alleged -

That on or about sometimes from 1987 up to the first week of February 1994, in the Municipality of Sta. Rosa, Province of Laguna,...