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People vs. Bunay y Dam-at

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus BRINGAS BUNAY y DAM-AT, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 171268 | 2010-09-14

R E S O L U T I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:

The Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 26, in Luna, Apayao tried and found the accused guilty of qualified rape in its decision dated December 11, 2001, the decretal portion of which reads:

WHEREFORE, finding the accused, BRINGAS BUNAY y DAM-AT guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape as charged against him, this court hereby sentences said accused to suffer the Supreme Penalty of DEATH.

The accused is further ordered to pay the victim, "AAA", the amount of Seventy Five Thousand (P75,000.00) by way of civil indemnity plus exemplary and moral damages of Sixty Thousand Pesos (P60,000.00).

The...