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PEOPLE vs Ildefonso Bayona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ILDEFONSO BAYONA y CALOSO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 133343-44 | 2000-03-02

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Tagaytay City, Branch 18, in Criminal Case Nos. TG-2436-95 and TG-2437-95, finding appellant guilty of two (2) counts of rape, sentencing him to death, and ordering him to pay the victim the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity for each count of rape.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On October 31, 1994, at around 3:00 A.M., in Barangay Tibig, Silang, Cavite, appellant entered the room where his daughter, Marilou, and his three (3) sons, Michael, Melvin, and Marlon, were sleeping. Appellant, who was wearing only his briefs, woke up his...