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PEOPLE vs Celestino Juntilla

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELESTINO JUNTILLA y ALLARCOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130604 | 1999-09-16

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Before this Court is the decision of Branch 8 of the Regional Trial Court of Malaybalay, Bukidnon1 [In Criminal Case No. 8262-97] sentencing accused-appellant, Celestino Juntilla y Allarcos to death for the horrible crime of raping his sixteen (16) year old daughter, Nena Juntilla.2 [Rollo, p. 11.]

In an information dated January 10, 1997, accused was charged as follows:

"That on or about the 14th day of October, 1996, in the evening, at Purok 8 barangay Laligan, municipality of Valencia, province of Bukidnon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above named accused, with...