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PEOPLE vs Apatay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus REY APATAY y BALO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 147965 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:


For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated March 5, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2, Tagbilaran City, in Criminal Case No. 10885 convicting Rey Apatay y Balo, appellant, of rape with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death. He was also ordered to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Catalina Baluran, the sum of P100,000.00.



The Information filed against appellant reads:



"The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor hereby accuses Rey Apatay y Balo of Upper Poblacion I, Sikatuna, Bohol of the crime of Rape with Homicide, committed as follows:



"That on or...