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PEOPLE vs Leonardo Nuguid

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LEONARDO NUGUID y MAYAO, appellant.

G.R. No. 148991 | 2004-01-21

D E C I S I O N 

CARPIO, J.: 

The Case 

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 16 May 2001 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18, in Criminal Case No. 00-179698. The trial court found Leonardo Nuguid y Mayao ("appellant") guilty of the crime of serious illegal detention with rape and imposed on him the death penalty. 

The Charge 

The Information charging appellant with the crime of serious illegal detention with rape reads: 

That on or about January 1, 2000, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, being then a private individual and without authority of law,...