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PEOPLE vs. Ernesto Sambile

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO SAMBILI, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-44408 | 1982-09-30

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Charged with rape in the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Branch I, the accused Ernesto Sambili was convicted of the crime charged and sentenced as follows:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused Ernesto Sambili guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as charged against him, this Court hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, there being no proof of aggravating nor mitigating circumstance, and to pay the costs." [1]

Appealing from the judgment of conviction, appellant claims that the trial court erred (1) in finding the crime of rape to have been committed and (2) in...