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PEOPLE vs Romeo Paradeza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO F. PARADEZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144590 | 2003-02-07

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

At issue is whether this Court could grant the motion to withdraw the appeal filed by accused-appellant, despite the opposition of the Office of the Solicitor General.

In the judgment[1] dated June 7, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court of Iba, Zambales, Branch 69, in Criminal Case No. RTC-2511-I, the appellant, Romeo F. Paradeza, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.[2]

At the time of the incident in August 1998, appellant was a resident of Macarang, Palauig, Zambales, where he worked as a fisherman engaged in catching bangus (milkfish) fry. The private...