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PEOPLE vs Bonifacio San Agustin y Roslin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO SAN AGUSTIN y ROSLIN, accused-appellant

G.R. Nos. 135560-61 | 2001-01-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Santa Cruz, Laguna, Branch 28 in Criminal Cases Nos. SC-6680 and SC-6682, convicting appellant Bonifacio San Agustin y Roslin @ "Bony" of two (2) counts of qualified rape committed against his daughter, Jessebelle[1] San Agustin. Appellant was sentenced to suffer the penalty of death for each count.

The instant cases stemmed from two (2) informations for rape filed by the Provincial Prosecutor of Laguna. In Criminal Case No. SC-6680, the indictment reads:

That on or about July 1, 1997, in the municipality of Victoria, province of Laguna...