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PEOPLE vs Romeo Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO SANTOS Y LABAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137993 | 2002-04-11

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Romeo Santos y Labay appeals from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 265, Pasig City, in Criminal Case No. 113642-H, convicting him of rape and sentencing him to the supreme penalty of death, and to pay to the victim, Julie Ann Gutierrez, the amounts of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P30,000.00 as moral damages and costs.

On January 6, 1998, an information was filed with the said RTC charging Romeo Santos y Labay with rape, committed as follows:

"On or about the third week of December, 1997 in Pasig City, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused being a...