Back

PEOPLE vs Laurito Arriola

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LAURITO ARRIOLA Y SANTANDER, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140779-80 | 2002-12-03

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Lucena City, Branch 53, in Criminal Case Nos. 97-130 and 97-131, convicting appellant Laurito Arriola of the crime of rape on two counts committed against Judylou Verso and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death for each count.

The two separate informations charging Laurito Arriola of the crime of rape read as follows:

Criminal Case No. 97-130

"That on or about the month of May 1995, at Barangay Marao, in the Municipality of Padre Burgos, Province of Quezon, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this...