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PEOPLE vs Celso Morfi

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELSO MORFI, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 145449-50 | 2002-08-01

D E C I S I O N

Per Curiam:

Before this Court on automatic review is the consolidated decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City, Branch 4, in Criminal Cases Nos. 9739 and 9916, finding accused-appellant Celso Morfi guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape, and imposing upon him the penalty of death for each count and ordering him to indemnify complainant, Merry Jane Morfi, the amount of P150,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages.[1]

In Criminal Case No. 9739, the Information charged the appellant with the crime of rape as defined and penalized under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by...