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PEOPLE vs Remegio Taganna

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REMEGIO TAGANNA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137608-09 | 2001-07-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

REMEGIO TAGANNA was charged with two (2) counts of rape[1] allegedly committed against his daughter Maria C. Taganna. Both Informations were filed on 25 February 1998. In a joint Decision by the Regional Trial Court, Br. 30, Basey, Samar, he was convicted of two (2) counts of rape and meted two (2) death sentences. He was also ordered to pay the complaining witness P100,000.00 as moral damages for both cases.[2]

On 15 June 1997, midnight, Maria Taganna, a twenty-eight (28) year old widow, was in bed beside her four (4) children and a younger brother who were sound asleep. Without prior notice to them,...