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PEOPLE vs Tonyacao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus PERLITO TONYACAO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 134531-32 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N




AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:







Before us on automatic review is the Joint Decision,[1] dated October 24, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court (Branch 30), Basey, Samar (RTC for brevity) in Criminal Cases Nos. 96-2117 and 96-2118, finding appellant Perlito Tonyacao guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of qualified rape and sentencing him to death for each offense.



The Information in Criminal Case No. 96-2117 reads as follows:



That on or about the 25th day of November, 1995, at about noontime, in Sitio Cancosep,[2] Brgy. Navatas, Daku, Municipality of Talalora, Province of Samar, Philippines, and within the...