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PEOPLE Vs. Leonardo Ilao.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LEONARDO ILAO, appellant.

G.R. No. 152683-84 | 2003-12-11

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated December 18, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 163, convicting appellant Leonardo Ilao of two counts of rape, and imposing on him the penalty of death in Criminal Case No. 118448-H and reclusion perpetua in Criminal Case No. 118449-H.

The informations against appellant alleged:

Criminal Case No. 118448-H

That on November 18, 1999 at the residence of the victim Zenaida Vargas y Hipos, at 648 Magsaysay St., Pasig City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court the above-named accused with the use of force,...