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PEOPLE vs Ruben de los Reyes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN DE LOS REYES y DIOLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124895 | 2000-03-01

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Angelito C. Teh.] of Branch 87 of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas, finding accused-appellant Ruben de los Reyes y Diola guilty of two (2) counts of rape in Criminal Cases Nos. R95-017 and R95-018, for raping his sixteen-year-old daughter, Bernadette de los Reyes, and five (5) counts of rape in Criminal Cases Nos. R95-022 to R95-026, inclusive, for raping his fourteen-year-old daughter, Melanie de los Reyes; and sentencing him as follows:

"WHEREFORE, after a painstaking evaluation of these cases, the laws applicable to the cases at bar, the Court...