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PEOPLE vs ALEJANDRO GUNTANG

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO GUNTANG y GAPOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135234-38 | 2001-03-08

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Alejandro Guntang was found guilty by the Regional Trial Court (Branch 46)[1] of Urdaneta, Pangasinan, of raping his 15-year-old daughter Lizabeth Guntang on five occasions. He was sentenced by the trial court to suffer the death penalty for each count.[2]

The five informations filed against the accused by Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Marcelo C. Espinosa read:

"CRIM. CASE NO. U-9560

"'That on or about 11:00 o'clock in the morning of November 24, 1997 at Brgy. Casantaan, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused armed with a bladed weapon by means...