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PEOPLE Vs. Moreno Ocumen Y Mendoza Alias Moring

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MORENO OCUMEN y MENDOZA alias MORING, appellant.

G.R. No. 135559 | 2003-09-18

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated July 31, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, Urdaneta, Pangasinan in Criminal Case NO. U-9590, convicting Moreno Ocumen y Mendoza (alias Moring), appellant, of qualified rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death. He was further ordered to pay the victim, Russel Ocumen Rubio, the sum of P50,000 as moral damages and P20,000.00 as exemplary damages.

The accusatory portion of the Information filed against appellant reads:

"That on February 23, 1998, at Barangay Malokiat, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan and within the jurisdiction of this...