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PEOPLE vs Rafael Salalima

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAFAEL SALALIMA y GARCIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137969-71 | 2001-08-15

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the consolidated decision of the Regional Trial Court of Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Branch 28, promulgated on February 10, 1999, in Criminal Case Nos. L-1449, L-1450 and L-1451 finding appellant guilty of three counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer in each case the maximum penalty of death. In said decision the trial court decreed:

1. In Criminal Case No. L-1449, accused Rafael Salalima y Garcia guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by R.A. 7659 and he is hereby sentenced to...