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PEOPLE vs Ramshand Thamsey

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAMSHAND THAMSEY y CARI?OSA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144179 | 2001-07-19

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This case was certified to this court for review pursuant to Rule 124, Section 13 of the 1988 Rules of Criminal Procedure in view of the decision,[1] dated August 15, 2000, of the Court of Appeals, modifying the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 84 of Batangas City, which found accused-appellant guilty of attempted rape, and finding him guilty of rape instead and sentencing him to death.

The information against accused-appellant alleges:

"That sometime on the third week of November, 1994, at Sitio Pandayan, Barangay Poblacion I, Municipality of Bauan, Province of Batangas, Philippines and within...