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PEOPLE vs Ferolino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO FEROLINO a.k.a. FRANCISCO FEROLINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 131730-31 | 2000-04-05

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In its consolidated decision1 [Per Judge (now Court of Appeals Associate Justice) Mercedes Gozo-Dadole, Original Record (OR), 96-125; Rollo, 73-101.] of 29 October 1997 in Criminal Case No. DU-5228 and Criminal Case No. DU-5229, the Regional Trial Court of Mandaue City, Branch 28, found accused-appellant Antonio Ferolino alias Francisco Ferolino (hereafter ANTONIO) guilty of rape, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death in each case and to pay the victim Ferlyn Dumaguit (hereafter FERLYN), his eight-year old niece, the sum of P50,000 as indemnity, P50,000 as moral and exemplary damages, as...