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The People of the Philippines Vs. Restituto C. Valenzuela

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RESTITUTO C. VALENZUELA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182057 | 2009-02-06

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

This is an appeal from the October 17, 2007 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01784 affirming with modification the September 8, 2005 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 48, Masbate City.[2] The RTC decision found the appellant Restituto Valenzuela y Centeno (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two (2) counts of rape and imposed on the appellant the death penalty in each case.

ANTECEDENT FACTS

The prosecution charged the appellant before the RTC with the crime of rape under two (2) Informations that read:

Criminal Case No. 8880

That sometime in the year...