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PEOPLE vs Alberto "Totoy" Tirona

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERTO “TOTOY” TIRONA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128907 | 1998-12-22

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Found guilty of rape and sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of death, accused-appellant ALBERTO "TOTOY" TIRONA is now before this Court pleading for a reversal of his conviction by the trial court which has concluded thus:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, accused Alberto 'Totoy' Tirona y Moroña is found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of having committed the crime of rape provided in Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act 7659, Section 11, 4. against one Vanessa Julia D. Gil and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. Accused is likewise ordered to indemnify the...