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PEOPLE vs Reynaldo Acala

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO ACALA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 127023-25 | 1999-05-19

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

These cases are here for automatic review of the decision1 [Per Judge Reuben P. Dela Cruz.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 272, Marikina, Metro Manila, finding accused-appellant Reynaldo Acala guilty of three (3) counts of incestuous rape pursuant to Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. No. 7659, and sentencing him to death in each case in addition to ordering him to pay the victim, who is his daughter Fe Acala, the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages, P25,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs of the suit.

In three (3) separate complaints2 [Records, pp. 12-14.] it was...