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PEOPLE vs Ferdinand Antonio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FERDINAND ANTONIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 145726 | 2003-03-26

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 24, Echague, Isabela in Criminal Case No. 24-0683 convicting Ferdinand Antonio, appellant, of rape and sentencing him to suffer the extreme penalty of death and to pay Divina-Gracia Antonio, complainant, the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages.

On October 6, 1998, Provincial Prosecutor Anthony A. Foz of Isabela filed with the trial court three Informations charging appellant Antonio with three counts of rape committed in the following manner:

CRIM. CASE NO. BR. 24-0681

"That on or about the month of November 1996, in the...