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PEOPLE vs Wilfredo D. Matugas

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

G.R. Nos. 139698-726 | 2002-02-20

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch XXVIII, Mandaue City, finding accused-appellant Wilfredo Matugas guilty beyond reasonable doubt of twenty-nine (29) counts of rape, and sentencing him, in each case, to suffer the penalty of death, to indemnify the victim in the amount of P75,000.00, and to pay the costs.

Except as to the date of the commission of the rape and the age of the complainant on the several dates indicated, the 29 amended complaints,[2] which formed the basis of the 29 informations against accused-appellant, uniformly alleged as follows:

"The...