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PEOPLE vs Marcelo Palermo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELO PALERMO Y CARIAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 120630 | 2001-06-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Another despicable case of incestuous rape, involving appellant Marcelo C. Palermo, has once more reached this Court. He was convicted and was meted out the penalty of death by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, of Boac Marinduque in Criminal Case No. 60-94 for having raped his very own 14-year old daughter.

Hence, this automatic review.[1]

On September 9, 1994, an Information was filed with the said trial court, docketed as Criminal Case No. 60-94, charging Marcelo C. Palermo with the crime of rape. The Information reads:

"The undersigned Provincial Prosecutor upon sworn complaint originally filed by...