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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,</b> Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. WENCESLAO DERI y BENITEZ, Accused-Appeellant.

People of the Philippines vs. Wenceslao Deri y Benitez

G.R. No. 166566 | 2010-11-23



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


EN BANC


G.R. No. 166566               November 23, 2010


PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

WENCESLAO DERI y BENITEZ, Accused-Appellant.


D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:


This is an appeal from the January 12, 2005 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 00066, which affirmed with modification the January 27, 2003 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, Branch 98 (RTC). Initially, the RTC found accused Wenceslao Deri guilty of three counts of rape committed against AAA3 and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death in...