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PEOPLE vs Armando Alicante

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARMANDO ALICANTE y DAVID, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 127026-27 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

We are again faced with the arduous task of determining whether the accused-appellant is guilty of a crime for which the law mandates the imposition of the extreme penalty of death.

The records reveal that fifteen (15) informations for the crime of rape were filed against accused-appellant Armando Alicante y David for having carnal knowledge of his minor daughter Richelle. These cases were filed on 17 July 1995 and raffled to Branch 273 of the Regional Trial Court of Marikina.1 [Rollo, p. 33.] The information in Criminal Case No. 95-546-MK reads as follows:

The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor...