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People vs Danilo Excija

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANILO EXCIJA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119069 | 1996-07-05

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused-appellant Danilo Excija (hereinafter Excija) seeks the reversal of the 14 July 1994 decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Legazpi City, Branch 8, in Criminal Case No. 6641, which found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape under paragraph 1, Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code. The trial court, finding that Section 21 of R.A. No. 7659 had amended Article 27 of the Revised Penal Code to make reclusion perpetua a divisible penalty, then applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, sentenced Excija to suffer a prison term of 16 years, 5 months, and 11 days of reclusion temporal in its medium...