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PEOPLE vs Henry Jusayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. HENRY JUSAYAN y SUGUI, appellant.

G.R. No. 149785 | 2004-04-28

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Conviction for statutory rape does not always warrant the imposition of the capital punishment. Absent any qualifying circumstance, as in this case, the proper penalty is reclusion perpetua.

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated April 16, 2001, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dinalupihan, Bataan, Branch 5, in Criminal Case No. DH-963-99, convicting appellant Henry Jusayan of the crime of rape, sentencing him to death, and ordering him to indemnify the private complainant in the amount of P50,000.

The information against Henry Jusayan y Sugui alleged:

That on or about November 9, 1999, at...