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PEOPLE vs Mario Hamto, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO HAMTO y CODERAS, RONALD CUESTA y OVERO, FERNAN PERVERA[1] (At Large), accused; / MARIO HAMTO y CODERAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128137 | 2001-08-02

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Appellant Mario Hamto y Coderas seeks a reversal of the Decision[2] dated January 29, 1997, in Criminal Case No. Q 94-57991, of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 107. He was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentenced to suffer imprisonment of twenty (20) years and one (1) day to forty (40) years of reclusion perpetua and to pay private complainant the amount of P50,000.00 as damages.

The Complaint[3] against the accused dated July 14, 1994, reads as follows:

"That in or about the second week of May 1994, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, conspiring,...