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PEOPLE vs Traya

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUSEBIO TRAYA Y QUEMADA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129052 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Before us for automatic review is a death sentence meted by the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 33 to accused-appellant Eusebio Traya y Quemada in Criminal Case No. 38,094-96 for the crime of raping his own daughter. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the maximum penalty of DEATH, including its accessory penalties, and to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P50,000.00."1 [Rollo, p. 29.]

The victim is accused-appellant's 16-year old daughter, Eulyn Traya. At the...