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PEOPLE vs Redante Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. REDANTE SANTOS y CRUZ, appellant.

G.R. No. 145305 | 2003-06-26

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 18 October 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 166, in Criminal Case No. 114100-H. The trial court found appellant Redante Santos y Cruz ("appellant") guilty of the crime of qualified rape and imposed on him the death penalty.

The Charge

The Amended Information charging appellant with the crime of rape reads:

On or about April 9, 1998, in Pasig City and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused, with lewd designs and by means of force and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and...