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PEOPLE vs Lodrigo Bayya

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. LODRIGO BAYYA, defendant and appellant

G.R. No. 127845 | 2000-03-10

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

For automatic review here is a judgment handed down by Branch 161 [Presided by Judge Teodulo E. Mirasol.] of the Regional Trial Court in Ilagan, Isabela, finding appellant Lodrigo2 [Also referred to as "Rodrigo" in the records.] Bayya guilty of incestuous rape and sentencing him to the ultimate penalty of DEATH.

Filed on October 9, 1995 by Asst. Provincial Prosecutor Pacifico Paas and docketed as Criminal Case No. 2467, the accusatory portion of the Information indicting appellant, alleges:

"That on or about the year 1994 and for sometimes (sic) thereafter in the municipality of Burgos, province of...