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PEOPLE vs. AMORSOLO TORRES y GANIBO

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMORSOLO TORRES y GANIBO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135522-23 | 2001-10-02

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before this Court on automatic review is the joint judgment of conviction rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Santa Cruz, Laguna, Branch 28, dated August 14, 1998, finding accused-appellant Amorsolo Torres guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of rape and acts of lasciviousness, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death for the rape and the penalty of imprisonment of six months of arresto mayor as minimum to six years of prision correccional as maximum for the acts of lasciviousness.[1]

The Information for Rape alleged:

"That on or about September 1, 1997 at Brgy. Ibabang Atingay,...