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PEOPLE vs Rodel Antivola

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RODEL ANTIVOLA, appellant.

G.R. No. 139236 | 2004-02-03

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 Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 78, convicting the appellant Rodel Antivola of qualified rape and sentencing him to suffer the death penalty.[2]

On March 25, 1998 an Information was filed charging the appellant of qualified rape, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 4th day of December 1997, in the Municipality of Angat, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused did then and there wil[l]fully, unlawfully and feloniously by means of violence...