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PEOPLE Vs. Sergio Abon y Esteban.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. SERGIO ABON y ESTEBAN, appellant.

G.R. No. 130662 | 2003-10-15

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated April 22, 1997 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 47, Urdaneta, Pangasinan in Criminal Case No. U-8671, convicting Sergio Abon y Esteban, appellant, of qualified rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death. He was ordered to pay the victim, Charito L. Abon, P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages, and costs.

The Information charges appellant as follows:

"That on or about the month of January, 1995 at barangay Linmansangan, municipality of Binalonan, province of Pangasinan, and within the...