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PEOPLE Vs. Dionisio Rote

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DIONISIO ROTE @ TAMBUTSO, appellant.

G.R. No. 146188 | 2003-12-11

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 5 October 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. R-4477 finding Dionisio Rote @ Tambutso ("appellant") guilty beyond reasonable doubt of qualified rape. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of having committed the crime of rape and is sentenced to DEATH.

The accused is further ordered to indemnify the complainant Elma Luna Bacelonia the amount of P75,000.00 plus P50,000.00 for moral damages.

The accused who is...