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PEOPLE vs Enrico Mariano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ENRICO MARIANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135511-13 | 2000-11-17

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Rape is an abhorrent crime that taints the purity and dignity of its victims, especially children, often reducing them to mere shells of what used to be their happy and spirited selves. The man who rapes his own child strips himself of the love and respect due him as a father and a human being. Being thus a slave of his prurient desire, he is reduced to a level lower than beasts. He is no more than a soulless husk and deserves to forfeit his place in human society.

Before us on automatic review[1] is the joint Decision[2] dated August 3, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 32 in...