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PEOPLE vs Arillas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO ARILLAS Y MONTOYA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130593 | 2000-06-19

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

In a sworn complaint,1 [Records, Crim. Case No. P-2533, p. 5.] Amor O. Arillas accused her father, Romeo Arillas y Montoya, of raping her on two occasions when she was barely 16 years old. The trial court found her father guilty beyond reasonable doubt. It sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death. These cases2 [Criminal Case Nos. P-2532 and P-2533.] are now before the Court on automatic review.

Amor Arillas alleged in her complaint3 [Records, Crim. Case No. P-2533, p. 5.] that in December 1995 and on February 10, 1996, her father sexually abused her while they were alone in their house at Barangay Sto....