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PEOPLE vs Warlito Tolentino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. WARLITO TOLENTINO y LAQUIN, appellant.

G.R. No. 139351 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision,[1] dated June 3, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court of Santiago City, Isabela, Branch 35, in Criminal Case No. 35-2076. Its dispositive portion reads:

WHEREFORE, finding the accused WARLITO TOLENTINO GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE with the use of deadly weapon punishable under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, the Court sentences him [to suffer] the penalty of DEATH and ordering [sic] him to pay the victim the amount of P200,000.00 as exemplary damages.

SO ORDERED.[2]

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