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People vs. Liberato Mendiona, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LIBERATO MENDIONA, a. k. a. "RENATO", and TIRSO CINCO (at large), accused, *** LIBERATO MENDIONA, a. k. a. "RENATO", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129056 | 2000-02-21

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision1 [In Criminal Case No. 95-12-587. Penned by Acting Presiding Judge Roberto A. Navidad.] dated 8 February 1997, of the Regional Trial Court, Eighth Judicial Region, Branch 7, Tacloban City, finding accused-appellant Liberato "Renato" Mendiona guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death and to pay the complainant, Maricel Capongcol, the amount of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages.

The Information against accused-appellant and Tirso Cinco reads:

"That on or about the...