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PEOPLE vs Ruben Gusmo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RUBEN GUSMO Y CA?ELAS, appellant.

G.R. No. 144974 | 2004-02-13

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated June 27, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Daet, Camarines Norte, Branch 41, in Criminal Case No. 8633 convicting appellant Ruben Gusmo of qualified rape, sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death and ordering him to pay the victim, six-year-old Jonalyn Cobita, the sum of P50,000 as moral damages and P20,000 as exemplary damages.

The Indictment

The appellant was charged with qualified rape, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about 10:00 o'clock in the evening of the 29th day of August, 1995 at Sitio Lubhang, Barangay Calangkawan Sur,...