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PEOPLE vs Esmeraldo Cana

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESMERALDO CANA Y DEL VALLE alias “SMITH”, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139229 | 2002-04-22

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the decision[1] dated December 28, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Camarines Norte, Branch 38, in Criminal Case No. 9000, convicting appellant Esmeraldo Cana y del Valle of rape, and sentencing him to death as well as to pay the victim the amount of P50,000 as civil indemnity.

The information filed against appellant reads as follows:

That on the early morning of January 28, 1997 at Sitio Mantigbe, Barangay Calangcawan Sur, municipality of Vinzons, province of Camarines Norte, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, did then and there...