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PEOPLE vs Ryan Torres Y Cervantes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RYAN TORRES y CERVANTES, appellant.

G.R. No. 149557 | 2004-03-16

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

In its decision, dated 01 June 2001, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 31, of San Pedro, Laguna, convicted appellant Ryan Torres y Cervantes of robbery with rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death.

Ryan Torres y Cervantes was charged with the crime of robbery with rape in an information that read:

"That on or about August 26, 1999, in the Municipality of San Pedro, Province of Laguna, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused, armed with a bladed knife and with intent to gain did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously with violence against and...