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PEOPLE vs Bienvenido Valindo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BIENVENIDO VALINDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 140027 | 2002-03-18

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated September 10, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 78, in Criminal Case No. 530-M-98, convicting Bienvenido Valindo y Pilande of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death.

On April 17, 1998, an Information was filed with the said RTC charging Bienvenido with rape defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. No. 8353.[2] The Information reads:

"That in or about the month of November, 1997, in the Municipality of Baliuag, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the...