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U.S. Marine convicted of rape

Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith AP PHOTO

A U.S. Marine was convicted Dec. 4 in a landmark rape case and sentenced to 40 years in prison, ending a trial that has strained U.S.- Philippine ties and tested a joint military pact.

Three other Marines and their Filipino driver were acquitted of complicity.

A 23-year-old Filipino woman, known publicly by her pseudonym "Nicole," accused Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith of sexually assaulting her while she was drunk last Nov. 1, while Staff Sgt. Chad Carpentier, Lance Cpl. Keith Silkwood and Lance Cpl. Dominic Duplantis allegedly cheered him on.

Smith, 21, from St. Louis, Missouri, had testified that the sex was consensual.

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