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PEOPLE vs Antonio Salonga, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO "TONY" SALONGA, ALFREDO "FRED" DANGANAN AND EDUARDO "EDDIE" DANGANAN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 128647 | 2000-03-31

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

The frailty of human flesh gives no excuse for the transgression of a woman's purity especially when rape was coupled with the taking of the victim's life. Such act is testament to a debased, perverted and savage minds which deserves a penalty no less than death.

For automatic review is the decision 'of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 65, Tarlac, Tarlac finding Antonio "Tony" Salonga, Alfredo "Fred" Danganan, and Eduardo "Eddie" Danganan, guilty of rape with homicide under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659[1] and imposing upon each of them the supreme penalty of...