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PEOPLE Vs. Eduardo Rata y Bagamento.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDUARDO RATA y BAGAMENTO, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 145523-24 | 2003-12-11

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 2 August 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Malabon, Branch 170 ("trial court"), in Criminal Case Nos. 18752-MN and 18753-MN. The trial court found Eduardo Rata y Bagamento ("appellant") guilty of two counts of qualified rape and sentenced him to suffer the death penalty for each count of rape and to indemnify the victim.

The Charges

In Criminal Case No. 18752-MN, the Information charged appellant with the crime of rape as follows:

That on or about the 23rd day of October, 1997, in the Municipality of Malabon, Metro Manila,...