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PEOPLE vs Edgardo Mauro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDGARDO MAURO, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140786-88 | 2003-03-14

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Tayug, Pangasinan, Branch 51, finding appellant Edgardo Mauro guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape and meting on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count and of a third count of rape and imposing on him the supreme penalty of death.

The Case for the Prosecution

From the testimonies of private complainant Cecilia Mones, her mother Florida Mones, and Dra. Ma. Cecilia Teresa Asuncion and the documentary evidence of the prosecution, it has been established that on February 1, 1982, Florida Somera...