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PEOPLE Vs. Leonito Lorenzo.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LEONITO LORENZO, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 133759-60 | 2003-10-17

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Oriental Mindoro, Branch 40, in Criminal Cases Nos. 4832 and 4833, convicting appellant Leonito Lorenzo of two counts of qualified rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death for each count, and to pay civil indemnity and moral damages, likewise for each count.

The Indictments

On October 12, 1995, an Information, docketed as Criminal Case No. C-4832, was filed, charging the appellant with qualified rape. The accusatory portion of the Information reads:

That on or about the 24th day of July, 1995, at 2:30 o'clock in...