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PEOPLE vs Efren Valez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EFREN VALEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136738 | 2001-03-12

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 23, dated August 3, 1998 in Criminal Case No. 47042[1] sentencing accused-appellant Efren Valez to the supreme penalty of death after he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Section 11 of R.A. 7659.

On September 30, 1996, Merlinda Tibubos, assisted by her mother Gloria Tibubos, filed a complaint for rape against Efren Valez allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 15th day of August 1996, in the Municipality of Guimbal, Province of...