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PEOPLE vs Apsalon Dizon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. APSALON DIZON Y ABLIR, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 134522-24 and 139508-09 | 2001-04-03

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

APSALON DIZON Y ABLIR was charged before the court a quo with rape of his own daughter Esperanza Dizon y Ramirez, then nine (9) years old, allegedly committed in the first week of April 1992 and continuously thereafter.[1] Consequently, three (3) other rape cases were filed against the accused by the same daughter allegedly committed in the middle of 1994,[2] in the first quarter of 1993,[3] and on 27 March 1992.[4] A fifth case involving the same parties was also filed allegedly committed in the second quarter of 1994 but this time only for attempted rape.[5]

On 24 April 1998 a consolidated judgment was...