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PEOPLE vs Ernesto Hermanes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO HERMANES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139416 | 2002-03-12

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court of the 8th Judicial Region (Branch XXX, Basey, Samar) finding appellant Ernesto Hermanes guilty of the crime of rape and imposing upon him the supreme penalty of death.

The conviction of appellant stemmed from an Information dated September 25, 1996 which reads:

That on or about the 2nd day of November, 1995 at about 10:00 o'clock in the evening, at Brgy. Maligaya, Municipality of Sta. Rita, Province of Samar, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, by means of violence and...