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PEOPLE vs Gerry Ebio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus GERRY EBIO Y HERMIDA, Appeellant.

G.R. NO. 147750 | 2004-09-29

DECISION


Per curiam:


A. PREFACE

On October 14, 2002, appellant Gerry Ebio was convicted by this Court of qualified rape and sentenced to suffer the death penalty.[1] The Public Attorney's Office moved for reconsideration on the ground that the Court lacked a quorum when the case was deliberated as it appears that the Decision was signed only by seven (7) justices.[2] In a Resolution dated September 7, 2004, the Court granted the Motion for Reconsideration, ruling as follows:

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There is no question that the Court's Decision in this case was concurred in by majority of the members of the Court who actually took part in the...