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PEOPLE vs Jose Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JOSE SANTOS y RUIZ, Appeellant.

G.R. Nos. 137828-33 | 2004-03-23

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated November 27, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 78, Malolos, Bulacan in Criminal Cases Nos. 1267-M-97 to 1272-M-97 convicting Jose Santos y Ruiz, appellant, of six (6) counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death in each count and to pay P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The Information in Criminal Case No. 1267-M-97 charges appellant as follows:

"That sometime in the year 1996, in the municipality of Balagtas, province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused,...