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PEOPLE vs Avelino Reyes Dizon alias Lino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AVELINO REYES DIZON alias LINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128889 | 1999-08-20

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

In its decision1 [Per Judge Felix Mamenta, Jr. Original Record (OR), 167-178; Rollo, 14-25.] in Criminal Case No. RTC-1642-I promulgated on 11 February 1997, the Regional Trial Court of Iba, Zambales, Branch 70, found accused-appellant Avelino Reyes Dizon alias Lino (hereafter DIZON) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death and to pay the victim, six-year-old Kristine Sudaria (hereafter KRISTINE), the sum of P50,000 as moral damages.

The case is now before us for automatic review pursuant to Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by...