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PEOPLE Vs. Jerry Ferrer

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JERRY FERRER, appellant.

G.R. No. 148821 | 2003-07-18

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Before us for automatic review[1] is the decision[2] of 28 November 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Lanao del Sur, Branch 9, Marawi City, in Criminal Case No. 2969-98, finding appellant Jerry Ferrer guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape committed against Mary Grace Belonio and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to pay the sum of P100,000 as moral damages and P30,000 as attorneys fees, as well as the costs.

Appellant was tried under an information[3] for rape which was filed on 17 February 1998. Its accusatory portion reads:

That on or sometime in October 1995 and continuously...