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People vs. Caraang [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DANILO CARAANG, VIRGILIO CANLAS JR., MANNY BELAGOT (at large), ROLANDO REBOTA (at large) and four JOHN DOES (at large), accused, / DANILO CARAANG, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 148424-27 | 2003-12-11

DECISION
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
Even if appellant is guilty of two counts of forcible abduction with rape, he cannot be sentenced to death because the crimes happened in 1990, prior to the effectivity of the Death Penalty Law.  Nonetheless, the civil liabilities to be awarded should be equal to those prescribed for crimes committed under circumstances that would have justified the imposition of death, had they been committed after the effectivity of RA 7659. Indeed, the Civil Code, which governs civil liabilities, has been in effect since 1950 and is thus applicable to the herein factual environment.
 
 
The Case

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