Back

PEOPLE vs Ernesto Santos

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO M. SANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 131103 & 143472 | 2000-06-29

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision, dated July 21, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 72, Antipolo, Rizal, insofar as it finds accused-appellant Ernesto Santos guilty of two counts of rape and orders him to pay complainant P500,000.00 in moral and exemplary damages in Criminal Case Nos. 94-11360 and 94-11361.

In three informations, all dated May 20, 1994, filed in the RTC, Antipolo, Branch 72, Rizal, accused-appellant was charged with two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape of his daughter Mary Ann, then aged 14.1 [Mary Ann's Birth Certificate (Exh. A) states that she was born on June 12,...