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PEOPLE vs. Sanico Nuevo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SANICO NUEVO @ "SANY," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132169 | 2001-10-26

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Branch 11, finding accused Sanico Nuevo @ "Sany" guilty of rape and sentencing him to death.

His conviction stemmed from the following information:[2]

That, in the evening, on or about the 4th day of December, 1994, in the municipality of Godod, Zamboanga del Norte, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, moved by lewd and unchaste design and by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously succeed in having sexual...