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PEOPLE vs. ERNESTO ALVAREZ

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ERNESTO ALVAREZ @ “GADAY”, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140388-91 | 2003-11-11

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

For automatic review before this Court is the July 28, 1999 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15 of Davao City, finding appellant Ernesto Alvarez y Sola alias "Gaday" guilty of the crime of rape, imposing upon him the penalty of death and ordering him to pay the offended party P50,000 as civil indemnity.

Appellant was charged with four counts of rape allegedly committed on January 9, 1994 (docketed as Criminal Case No.39,051), February 17, 1995 (as Criminal Case No. 39,054), June 8, 1995 (as Criminal Case No. 39,052) and June 18, 1997 (as Criminal Case No. 39,053). The Informations against...