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PEOPLE vs CASTRO GERABAN

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CASTRO GERABAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137048 | 2001-05-24

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review pursuant to Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by section 22 of R.A. No. 7659, is the decision[1] of 17 November 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of the Fifth Judicial Region, Branch 65, Bulan, Sorsogon, in Criminal Case No. 90, finding accused-appellant Castro Geraban (hereafter CASTRO) guilty of the crime of rape committed against his own daughter, Venus Geraban (hereafter VENUS), and sentencing him to suffer the extreme penalty of death and to indemnify VENUS the amount of P50,000 as moral and exemplary damages.

This case was commenced with the filing on 21 February 1996...