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PEOPLE vs Rodolfo Arizapa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO ARIZAPA, accused-appellant

G.R. No. 131814 | 2000-03-15

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

RODOLFO ARIZAPA was charged with incestuous rape and found guilty by the trial court. He was sentenced to death. He is now before us on automatic review.

The Information alleged that in the evening of 4 June 1995, in Barangay Malatap, Labo, Camarines Norte, the accused Rodolfo Arizapa by means of force and intimidation willfully and feloniously had carnal knowledge of Rosita Encinas, his stepdaughter, a 12-year old minor, against her will.1 [Records, p. 4.]

On 8 October 1997 the trial court found the accused Rodolfo Arizapa guilty of rape as defined under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to...