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PEOPLE Vs. Alberto Olivar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ALBERTO OLIVAR y JAVIER, appellant.

G.R. No. 138725 | 2003-09-23

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated February 4, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Sorsogon, Branch 52, convicting accused Alberto Olivar y Javier of the crime of rape and sentencing him to death.

Accused Alberto Olivar was charged with rape, defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Section 11 of RA 7659, in an Information that read:

INFORMATION

The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor accuses Alberto Olivar y Javier of Brgy. Rizal, Sorsogon, Sorsogon of RAPE, defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Sec. 11 of...