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PEOPLE vs Lamberto Velasquez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAMBERTO VELASQUEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 132635 & 143872–75 | 2001-02-21

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,[1] dated February 12, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 59, Angeles City, convicting accused-appellant Lamberto Velasquez of (1) acts of lasciviousness committed against his granddaughter Aira Velasquez and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment from 12 years and 1 day of reclusion temporal minimum, as minimum, to 17 years of reclusion temporal medium, as maximum, and to indemnify Aira Velasquez in the amount of P30,000.00; and (2) rape of his stepdaughter Mary Joy Ocampo and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify Mary Joy Ocampo in the...