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PEOPLE vs Alejandre Delos Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRE DELOS SANTOS y RENIGADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137968 | 2001-11-06

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Before us for automatic review[1] is the Judgment[2] dated 25 February 1999, promulgated on 1 March 1999, of the Regional Trial Court of Naga City, Branch 25, in Criminal Case No. 98-7202 finding accused-appellant Alejandre delos Santos y Renigado (hereafter ALEJANDRE) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE committed against his granddaughter Janeth Narito (hereafter JANETH).

On 27 August 1998, an information[3] for rape was filed in Criminal Case No. 98-7202 against ALEJANDRE before the court below. The information reads as follows:

The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines...