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PEOPLE vs Carpio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus HENRY CARPIO y NATIVIDAD and JUNIE MOLINA y NATIVIDAD (Acquitted), Appeellants.

G.R. No. 150083 | 2004-05-27

D E C I S I O N



CARPIO MORALES, J.:



On automatic appeal is the August 15, 2001 Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, of Zamboanga City finding appellant Henry Carpio y Natividad guilty of robbery with rape in Criminal Case No. 16481 and imposing upon him the penalty of death.



The accusatory portion of the Information[1] filed on November 12, 1999 which charged appellant, along with his first cousin[2] Jonie Molina y Natividad (Molina), with Robbery with Rape reads as follows:



That on or about June 26, 1999, in the City of Zamboanga, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named...