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PEOPLE vs. BONIFACIO ARIOLA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO ARIOLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 142602-05 | 2001-10-03

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

These cases are here on automatic appeal from the decision,[1] dated September 30, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court, branch 36, Santiago City, Isabela, in view of the penalty imposed on accused-appellant who was found guilty of four counts of rape and sentenced to suffer in each case the penalty of death and to pay the victim, Maribel Ariola, the sum of P50,000.00 as indemnity and the costs of suit, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.

Except as to the dates of commission of the crime, four informations[2] filed against accused-appellant identically charged-

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