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PEOPLE vs Reynaldo Portugal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO PORTUGAL Y GALLARDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 143030 | 2002-03-12

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the decision dated January 18, 2001 of Branch 40 of the Regional Trial Court of the Fourth Judicial Region stationed in Oriental Mindoro, in its Criminal Case No. C-4739, finding appellant Reynaldo Portugal guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

Appellant's conviction for said crime arose from an Information reading as follows:

That on or about the 4th day of March, 1995, at around 7:00 o'clock in the evening, at Barangay Canubing I, Municipality of Calapan, Province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this...