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PEOPLE vs Jesus Tito Lavador.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS TITO LAVADOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139112-13 | 2002-02-20

RAPE

Facts:

Accused-appellant was sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua for raping his 26 years old daughter, and to suffer the penalty of death for raping his 12-year-old niece.

On automatic review, the appellant assails the decision of the lower court alleging that it erred in convicting him based on the inconsistent and irreconcilable statements.

Decision: take the whole decision of the Supreme Court.


D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

JESUS TITO LAVADOR spent twenty-five (25) years in the national penitentiary serving sentence for murder. As time would tell, those years of confinement were not enough to reform him....