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PEOPLE vs. Cornelio Supnad

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CORNELIO SUPNAD, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 133791-94 | 2001-08-08

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the Decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 32 of Agoo, La Union,[1] in Criminal Case Nos. A-3216 to A-3219, finding accused-appellant Cornelio Supnad guilty of four counts of rape and imposing on him the penalty of death in each case. The accused-appellant was charged with rape for the sexual violations he allegedly committed against his twelve-year old niece, private complainant Nery Ann E. Lorenzo. He was indicted in four separate Informations, viz:

In Criminal Case No. 3216:

"That sometime in March, 1996, in the Municipality of Tubao, Province of La Union,...