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PEOPLE. Vs. Carlos De La Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS DE LA CRUZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 78470 | 1988-03-11

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The accused-appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to death by the regional trial court of Olongapo City on January 6, 1987. The case was appealed to this Court. After the abolition of the death penalty under the new Constitution, he was asked to manifest if he still wished to continue his appeal. He declared that he did. Accordingly, the Court proceeded to examine his plea that the trial court had erred and that he was innocent of the charge against him. Our ruling is that it was he who erred.

The trial court found that the accused-appellant raped Necitas D. Sagadal, an 11-year old girl, in the evening...