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PEOPLE vs Pedro Intong

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PEDRO INTONG y AGAPAY, appellant.

G.R. No. 145034-35 | 2004-02-05

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

For review is a decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Calamba, Misamis Occidental, Branch 36, in Criminal Case No. 36-05 and Criminal Case No. 36-09, finding appellant Pedro Intong y Agapay guilty beyond reasonable doubt, on two counts, of the crime of rape. In each of these two cases, the trial court imposed on appellant the penalty of death and the payment of P75,000.00 civil indemnity and P50,000.00 moral damages to the victim and her parents.

In Crim. Case No. 36-05 for rape, the accusatory information read:

"That on or about the 23rd day of November, 1997, at or about 10:00 o'clock in the evening, in...