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PEOPLE vs. MELECIO SAGARINO, JR.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MELECIO SAGARINO, JR. y FAMI alias “Kalamansi”, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135356-58 | 2001-09-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the joint decision[1] dated July 28, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, of Makati City, Branch 138, finding accused-appellant Melecio Sagarino, Jr., guilty of two (2) counts of incestuous rape and one (1) count of acts of lasciviousness, after trial on the basis of the three separate informations as follows:

Criminal Case No. 98-551:

That on or about the 11th day of October, 1997, in the City of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, a place within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a bladed weapon, by means of force and intimidation, did then...