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People of the Philippines vs. Bernie Teodoro y Caparas.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appealslee, versus BERNIE TEODORO y CAPARAS, Appeellant,

G.R. No. 170473 [Formerly G.R. No. 146283] | 2006-10-12

EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
Tinga, J.
 
Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in C.A.-G.R. CR-HC No. 00515, which affirmed the judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)[3] of Macabebe, Pampanga, Branch 25, sentencing Bernie Teodoro y Caparas (appellant) to the penalty of death for the crime of rape.
 
On 28 October 1999, appellant was charged in Criminal Case No. CBU-99-2459-M for rape in an Information[4] filed by Asst. Provincial Prosecutor Vivian T. Dabu, which reads: 
 
That on or about the 1st day of October 1999 at about 10:30 o'clock in the evening, in the...