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PEOPLE vs Leonardo Dumanlang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO DUMANLANG, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 132393-94 | 2002-08-07

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On January 30, 1997, the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 28, found the accused Leonardo Dumanlang guilty of two (2) counts of rape and imposed upon him the supreme penalty of death on each count. These cases are now before us for automatic review.

These criminal cases stemmed from two (2) Informations filed against the accused. Except as to the dates of the commission of the crime,[1] the Informations commonly alleged as follows:

That on or about May 1994, in San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused LEONARDO DUMANLANG Y...