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PEOPLE vs EUGENIO MANGOMPIT, JR.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUGENIO MANGOMPIT, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139962-66 | 2001-03-07

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 11, Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte[2] convicting accused-appellant of five (5) counts of rape committed against Marites Quirante, his sixteen year old niece, and imposing on him the supreme penalty of death.

The five (5) informations[3] charging accused-appellant of the crime of rape, except for the specific dates and time when the crimes of rape were allegedly committed, uniformly read, as follows:

"The undersigned, First Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, upon a sworn complaint originally filed by the private offended...