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PEOPLE vs Rodrigo Gonzales y Opena

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODRIGO GONZALES y OPENA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 139445-46 | 2001-06-20

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

These cases are here on automatic review of the decision[1]of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 170, Malabon, Metro Manila, finding accused-appellant Rodrigo Gonzales guilty of two counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death for each count, to pay complainant the amounts of P150,000.00 as civil indemnity, P100,000.00 as moral damages, and P70,000.00 as exemplary damages, and to acknowledge and support the child born of complainant Remelie Tria.

Except for the dates of the commission of the rapes, the two informations against accused-appellant alike read:

That on or about [date],[2] in...