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PEOPLE vs. RAYMUNDO DIZON

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAYMUNDO DIZON Y GAROTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129236 | 2001-10-17

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On automatic review before this Court is the decision dated November 29, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City, Branch 44 in Criminal Case No. 96-17638 finding accused-appellant Raymundo Dizon y Garota guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Section 11 of Republic Act 7659 and sentencing him to the supreme penalty of death.

In a Complaint filed on April 11, 1996 by Betty D. Vergara, assisted by her mother, Lorna D. Vergara, accused-appellant was charged as follows:

That during the period from the middle part of 1994 to October...