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People vs. Perez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO PEREZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122764 | 1998-09-24

D E C I S I O N
 
REGALADO, J.:
 
Before us for automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 32, Calbayog City, Samar[2] Criminal Case No. 1899 convicting accused-appellant Ernesto Perez, also known as Erning, of the felony of rape committed against his stepdaughter, sentencing him to the supreme penalty of death, and ordering him to pay his victim the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages and the costs of the criminal action.

On the basis of a complaint[3] subscribed by Maribel Perez, an information was filed in the court a quo against appellant for allegedly raping Maribel, his stepdaughter. The indictment...