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PEOPLE vs. Guillermo Carino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUILLERMO CARINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131203 | 2001-08-02

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In its decision promulgated on August 25, 1997,[1] the Regional Trial Court of Echague, Isabela, Branch 24, in Criminal Case No. Br 24-0483, found accused-appellant Guillermo Cariño guilty of rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code. Appellant was first sentenced to death, but this penalty was reduced to reclusion perpetua in an order of the court a quo dated September 10, 1997, after a post-promulgation review of its decision wherein it was noted that the rape happened in 1990 or before the effectivity of Republic Act No. 7659, which restored the death penalty for heinous...