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PEOPLE vs Felipe Padilla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE PADILLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 145460 | 2002-07-03

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 11, Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, finding accused-appellant Felipe Padilla guilty of qualified rape and sentencing him to suffer the death penalty and to pay the victim, Gemma Tadas, the amount of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The complaint in this case was filed on December 10, 1996 by the offended party, Gemma Tadas, on the basis of which the provincial prosecutor filed an information alleging

That, in the afternoon, on or about the 24th day of November, 1996, in the municipality of...