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PEOPLE vs Dante Ilagan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DANTE ILAGAN, appellant.

G.R. No. 144595 | 2003-08-06

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

For automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 21, in Criminal Case No. 1246-M-99, convicting appellant Dante Ilagan of Qualified Rape and sentencing him to suffer the extreme penalty of death and to pay the offended party, Mylene Ilagan, the sums of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity and P100,000.00 as moral damages.[1]

The information for Rape against appellant reads:

That on or about the 19th day of May, 1998, in the municipality of Norzagaray, province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused,...