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PEOPLE vs Francisco Navida

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO NAVIDA, accused -appellant.

G.R. Nos. 132239-40 | 2000-12-04

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before us for automatic review is the consolidated decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 103, Quezon City, in Criminal Cases Nos. Q-96-67996 and Q-96-67997, promulgated on 24 October 1997, which declared accused-appellant Francisco Navida (hereafter FRANCISCO) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentenced him to suffer in each case the penalty of death and to indemnify the victim, his daughter Glenda V. Navida (hereafter GLENDA) in the amount of P50,000 and to pay the costs of suit.

In her Sinumpaang Salaysay[2] dated 25 May 1996, GLENDA narrated the sexual depravity of...