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PEOPLE vs Ricardo Agravante

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO AGRAVANTE y ZANTUA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137297 & 138547-48 | 2001-12-11

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

These cases are here on automatic appeal from the decision,[1] dated October 16, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 40, Daet, Camarines Sur, finding accused-appellant Ricardo Agravante guilty of three counts of rape committed against his daughter Maria and sentencing him in each case to death and to pay the victim the sum of P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The facts are as follows:

On November 26, 1994, the Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines Norte filed three informations for rape against accused-appellant in the RTC, Branch 40 of Daet, Camarines Norte. Except for the allegations of the dates and times...