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People Vs Amado Sandrias Javier

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMADO SANDRIAS JAVIER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126096 | 1999-07-26

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

Once again, we are given the heavy task of reviewing a judgment of conviction imposing the death penalty in a crime so dastardly and repulsive Â- incestuous rape. Considering that a person's life is at stake, we are burdened to come up with an error-free judgment amidst our frailties and imperfections, lest our conscience be bothered for rendering an irrevocable and irreversible error.

In the case under review, three separate complaints were filed against accused-appellant charging him with rape committed on October 20, 1994 and sometime on November, 1994 and December, 1994, against his daughter, Julia Ratunil...