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People vs. Ramos

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RIZAL A. RAMOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35063 | 1979-12-27

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, p:

Automatic review of a decision dated April 13, 1972 of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte finding the accused Rizal A. Ramos guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape with Homicide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death, with the accessories of the law, and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Modesta Battulayan in the amount of P12,000.00, plus P5,000.00 as moral damages.

The factual background of the case is as follows:

In the morning of November 21, 1971, Cristina Manglallan Battulayan, while walking along an isolated road on her way to the Poblacion of...