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PEOPLE vs Arturo Ocomen

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTURO OCOMEN y ABRASALDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135049 | 2002-05-28

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. U-9581, which found accused-appellant Arturo Ocomen y Abrasaldo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the rape of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Kristine Ocomen,[2] and imposed upon him the death penalty.

Accusing her father of having raped her sometime in February 1998, Kristine executed an affidavit on March 3, 1998,[3] stating therein among others:

04. Q - Why are you filing a complaint against your father?

A - He sexually abused me once & attempted to sexually abuse...