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PEOPLE vs Loreto Amban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LORETO AMBAN y TROBILLAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134286 | 2000-03-01

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Roberto S. Chiongson. Rollo, pp. 18-41.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 50, Bacolod City in Criminal Case No. 97-18527 finding accused-appellant Loreto Amban y Trobillas guilty of raping his 12-year old daughter and sentencing him to death. No damages were awarded in view of the trial court's finding that complainant had waived accused-appellant's civil liability by recanting her claim that he had raped her.

Complainant Madelyn Amban is one of the three children of accused-appellant by his common-law wife Retania Amban. Her father, herein...