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PEOPLE Vs. Andres Da?o Y Toreta.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ANDRES DA?O y TORETA, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 146786-88 | 2003-09-23

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Omnibus Judgment,[1] dated November 23, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court of Butuan City, Branch 1, acquitting herein appellant Andres Daño y Toreta of rape in Criminal Case No. 7972, but convicting him of two counts of qualified rape in Criminal Case Nos. 7970 and 7971, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death in each case.

The separate informations charging appellant Andres Daño y Toreta of two counts of rape as defined and penalized under Articles 266-A and 266-B of the Revised Penal Code read:

Criminal Case No. 7970:

That on or about the 8th...