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PEOPLE vs. Cresencio Tabugoca

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRESENCIO TABUGOCA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125334 | 1998-01-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the joint decision 1 rendered by Branch 18 of the Regional Trial Court of Ilagan, Isabela in Criminal Cases Nos. 2386 and 2387 finding accused-appellant Cresencio Tabugoca guilty of two counts of rape committed against his very own daughters and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua in the first case and the death penalty in the second.

In two informations simultaneously filed on January 20, 1995 in the aforesaid trial court, accused-appellant was accused of raping his daughters in two separate incidents. The information in Criminal Case No. 2386 charges him as...