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People vs Dindo 'Bebot' Mojello

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DINDO 'BEBOT' MOJELLO, appellant.

G.R. No. 145566 | 2004-03-09

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On automatic review is a decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bogo, Cebu, Branch 61, finding appellant Dindo "Bebot" Mojello guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape with homicide defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, and sentencing him to the supreme penalty of death.[1]

Appellant Dindo Mojello, alias "Bebot" was charged with the crime of rape with homicide in an Information dated May 22, 1997, as follows:[2]

That on the 15th day of December 1996, at about 11:00 o'clock in the evening, at Sitio...