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PEOPLE vs Elpedio Torres

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ELPEDIO TORRES y CA?ETE, appellant.

G.R. No. 134766 | 2004-01-16

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Kalibo, Branch 2, convicting appellant Elpedio Torres y Cañete of rape and sentencing him to suffer the death penalty.

The Case for the Prosecution

Lerma V. Briones, at 27 years old, wanted to work overseas. She left her residence in Kalibo, Aklan, and arrived in Iloilo City on November 10, 1997, to attend a week-long seminar sponsored by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration for overseas contract workers. After the seminar on November 17, 1997, she proceeded to the terminal of the L-300 van that would...