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PEOPLE vs Clementino Lou

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. CLEMENTINO LOU y GALINDO alias "Junior," appellant.

G.R. No. 146803 | 2004-01-14

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

On appeal to the Court is the decision, dated 09 November 2000, in Criminal Case No. 3635 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6,[1] of Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, finding appellant Clementino Lou y Galindo guilty beyond reasonable doubt in the commission of the crime of rape "defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. No. 7659, Section 11 thereof." The trial court imposed upon appellant the death penalty and the payment of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) by way of civil indemnity to the victim.
The accusatory information read:

"That on April 22, 1996 at about 12:00...