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PEOPLE vs Mantis

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MANUEL MANTIS, Appeellant.

G. R. Nos. 150613-14 | 2004-06-29

DECISION



QUISUMBING, J.:

In its judgment[1] dated October 24, 2001, the Regional Trial Court of Guagua, Pampanga, Branch 52, found appellant, Manuel Mantis, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape and sentenced him for each count to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the victim, Mary Jane L. Balbin, the sum of P75,000 as civil indemnity and P75,000 as moral damages.

He was charged in two separate informations, both dated August 25, 1999, by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga as follows:

(1) Criminal Case No. G-4788
That on or about the 3rd day of April, 1999 in the municipality of...