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PEOPLE vs Wenefredo Dimson Asoy

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WENEFREDO DIMSON ASOY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132059 | 2001-06-29

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.

For having allegedly raped and killed his very own sister, accused Wenefredo D. Asoy was convicted and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death by the Regional Trial Court of Cariaga, Leyte, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. 2631.

This case is now before us on automatic review.[1]

On January 21, 1997, Prosecutor Cesar Merin filed with the trial court an Information for "Rape with Homicide" against the accused. It reads:

"That on or about the 22nd day of December, 1996, in the Municipality of Tuñga, Province of Leyte, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...