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PEOPLE vs Jose Elpedes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE ELPEDES y SUNAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137106-07 | 2001-01-31

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Rape is condemnable. It becomes twice reprehensible if committed against one's flesh and blood.[1] The despicability of incestuous rape which figuratively scrapes the bottom of the barrel of moral depravity[2] is depicted in all its sordidness in the instant case brought to this Court for automatic review.

On the basis of two (2) sworn criminal complaints executed by the offended party, accused Jose Elpedes y Sunas was charged with the crime of Rape in two (2) Informations.

The Information in Criminal Case No. Ir-4688[3] alleges

That on or about the 11th day of February 1997, at Brgy. Bacolod,...