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PEOPLE vs Jesus Docena

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS DOCENA y PAGAYANAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 131894-98 | 2000-01-20

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Accused-appellant Jesus Docena (hereafter JESUS) is before us to seek a review of the joint decision in Criminal Case Nos. 121-97, 122-97, 123-97, 124-97, and 125-97, all for rape, rendered on 7 November 1997 by the Regional Trial Court of Cavite, Branch 88,1 [Original Record (OR), 125-97, 11-131; Rollo, 27-40. Per Judge Christopher O. Lock.] which found him guilty of raping his own daughter on five different occasions in 1996.

The accusatory portion of the information in Criminal Case No. 121-97 reads as follows:

That on or about the 8th day of June 1996, at Barangay Magdiwang, Municipality of...