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PEOPLE vs Ponciano Baluya

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PONCIANO BALUYA @ NONONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133005 | 2002-04-11

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 15, promulgated on February 26, 1998 in Criminal Case No. 10077-SP finding accused-appellant, Ponciano Baluya alias Nonong guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the maximum penalty of death.

The Information reads as follows:

That on or about June 7, 1996, in the City of San Pablo, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused above-named, with lewd design, by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and...