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PEOPLE vs Candido Solomon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CANDIDO SOLOMON y MARQUEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 130517-21 | 2002-07-16

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

For automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City, Branch 16,[1] finding appellant Candido Solomon y Marquez guilty of five (5) counts of rape and imposing upon him five (5) death penalties.

Except as to the date of commission of the crime, the five (5) complaints filed in these cases are similarly worded. The complaint filed in Criminal Case No. 14114 reads:

That on or about June 16, 1995, in the City of Zamboanga, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above named accused, by means of threats and intimidation, did then and there willfully,...