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PEOPLE vs. JOSUE B. DUMLAO

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSUE B. DUMLAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 130409-10 | 2001-11-27

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Before this Court on automatic review is the Joint Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City, Branch 27, dated April 29, 1997, in Criminal Case Nos. 7257-AF and 7258-AF sentencing accused-appellant Josue B. Dumlao to the supreme penalty of death for raping his two nieces.

On February 10, 1997, two separate complaints were filed before the Regional Trial Court of Cabantuan City, charging accused-appellant with rape. The first was filed by Jennifer Dumlao Matutino, assisted by her father Fernando Matutino. The complaint stated:

Criminal Case No. 7257-AF

That on or about between the year 1991...