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PEOPLE vs Claudio Galeno

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CLAUDIO GALENO y MAGBANUA alias "ODING," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135976-80 | 2001-06-20

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

A human being who indulges in an incest relationship descends, it is said, to the level of the beast and manifests a depravity of the worst kind.[1]

At bar is a mandated automatic review on the findings of the Regional Trial Court ("RTC"), Branch 55, of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, which has found herein appellant CLAUDIO GALENO guilty, on five (5) counts, of rape committed against his own daughter, Jenny Galeno, decreeing thereby the extreme penalty of death on him.

Appellant CLAUDIO GALENO, a.k.a. "Oding," was charged with the crime of RAPE in each of the following informations -

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