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PEOPLE vs Benjamin Medina, Sr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. BENJAMIN MEDINA, SR. y PALANCIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 127756-58 | 2003-06-18

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before this Court on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City, Branch 27, finding appellant Benjamin Medina, Sr. y Palancio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of four counts of rape and imposing upon him the supreme penalty of triple death[2] and life imprisonment.[3]

The appellant was charged with four counts of rape upon the sworn complaint of the victim Ma. Theresa Salvatierra which respectively read:

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