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PEOPLE vs Alberto Luceriano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ALBERTO LUCERIANO, appellant.

G.R. No. 145223 | 2004-02-11

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

On automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 31 August 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Baler, Aurora, Branch 96 ("trial court"), in Criminal Case No. 2340. The trial court found appellant Alberto Luceriano ("appellant") guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape and sentenced him to suffer the death penalty and to indemnify the victim.

The Charge

The Information for rape against appellant reads:

That at about 10:30 o'clock in the evening on January 3, 1998 at Poblacion Zone 1, Dinalungan, Aurora and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, taking advantage of nighttime...