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PEOPLE vs Placido Luna Delos Reyes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PLACIDO LUNA DELOS REYES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135241 | 2003-01-22

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

On automatic appeal is the Decision[1] dated July 24, 1998 of Branch 13 of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City convicting accused-appellant Placido Luna y Delos Reyes of the crime of rape and meting on him the supreme penalty of death. The court likewise ordered accused-appellant to indemnify private complainant Shermalou Alberto y Carpio in the amount of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos.

Culled from the testimonial and documentary evidence of the prosecution,[2] the facts of the case are as follows:

When the spouses Erwin Alberto, Sr. and Isabel Carpio-Alberto were married on July 26, 1986,...