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People vs. Bartolome

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEX BARTOLOME, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129054 | 1998-09-29

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This is an automatic review of the decision rendered by Branch 19 of the Regional Trial Court of Cagayan de Oro City in Criminal Case No. 95-118 imposing upon accused-appellant Alex Bartolome the supreme penalty of death for raping his daughter.[1]

Herein appellant Alex Bartolome was charged with the crime of rape on the basis of a complaint filed by Elena Gorra Bartolome, allegedly committed as follows:
 
That on or about March 9, 1995, at about 10:00 o’clock in the evening, more or less, at Zone 2, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...