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PEOPLE vs Efren Narido

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. EFREN NARIDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132058 | 1999-10-01

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Before the Court on automatic review is the decision1 [Penned by Judge Eriberto N. Maceda.] rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Carigara, Leyte, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. 2653, finding accused-appellant Efren Narido guilty of the crime of statutory rape committed against his own daughter, and sentencing him to the supreme penalty of death.

In an Information filed on 24 March 1997, Efren Narido was charged with the crime of rape allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the month of December, 1996, in the municipality of San Miguel, Province of Leyte, Philippines and within the jurisdiction...