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PEOPLE vs Virgilio Romero

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIRGILIO ROMERO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137037-38 | 2002-08-05

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the joint decision[1] dated December 17, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Ligao, Albay, Branch 13, in Criminal Cases Nos. 3598 and 3599, which decreed as follows:

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered:

(a) in Criminal Case No. 3598 finding the accused, Virgilio Romero, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act No. 7659 and consequently sentences him to suffer the death penalty;

(b) in Criminal Case No. 3599 finding the accused, Virgilio Romero, guilty beyond reasonable...