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PEOPLE vs. WILFREDO OLARTE

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILFREDO OLARTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 129530-31 | 2001-09-24

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

What is before the Court for automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Sultan Kudarat, Branch 19, Isulan finding accused Wilfredo Olarte guilty of rape on two counts and sentencing him in each case to the supreme penalty of death, and to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages and the amount of P25,000.00 as exemplary damages, and costs. The court further sentenced the accused to recognize the offspring that the offended party delivered on December 22, 1995. Without pronouncement as to costs.

Sometime in the first week of March 1995, just a few weeks...