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PEOPLE vs Manuel Gannaban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL GANNABAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135054 | 2002-08-07

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the Decision dated July 30, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court, Second Judicial Region, Branch 18, Ilagan, Isabela, sentencing the accused-appellant to death for killing and raping a ten-year old girl.

On July 13, 1995, an Information was filed charging said accused-appellant for the crime of Rape with Homicide committed as follows:

That on or about the 4th day of March, 1995, in the municipality of Ilagan, Province of Isabela, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, by means of...