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PEOPLE vs Conrado Mercado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CONRADO MERCADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139904 | 2001-10-12

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Agoo, La Union, Branch 32, in Criminal Case No. A-3314, convicting accused-appellant of rape, and sentencing him to death and to pay the victim civil indemnity of P50,000.00.[1]

Accused-appellant was indicted of rape in an Information which reads:

That on or about the 13th day of August, 1997, in the Municipality of Rosario, Province of La Union, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd design, and being then armed with a knife, by means of violence and intimidation...