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PEOPLE vs Cesar Melendres

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CESAR MELENDRES y BEJO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 133999-4001 | 2000-08-31

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Before us for automatic review[1] is the decision[2] of 30 April 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Roxas City, Branch 14, in Criminal Cases Nos. C-4766, C-4767 and C-4768 finding accused-appellant Cesar Melendres y Bejo (hereafter CESAR) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of rape committed against Helen Balinario (hereafter HELEN). The dispositive portion of the decision reads as follows:

IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING ESTABLISHED FACTS, the Court finds the accused GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the three (3) counts of the crime of Rape committed on three different occasions - in the...