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People Vs Alfonso Pineda Y Esmino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFONSO PINEDA y ESMINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 118312-13 | 1999-07-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the joint decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City, Branch 27,[1] in Criminal Case Nos. 6001 and 6021 convicting accused-appellant of two counts of qualified rape, imposing upon him two death sentences, and ordering him to pay private complainant the amount of P50,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages for each count of rape.

Accused-appellant Alfonso Pineda y Esmino is the common-law spouse of private complainant's mother.[2] He is also the natural father of private complainant Milagros V. Pineda,[3] a thirteen year-old first year high school student[4] at the...