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PEOPLE vs Maximo Salvador

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MAXIMO SALVADOR, appellant.

G.R. No. 142873 | 2002-07-09

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 19, penned by Judge Anthony E. Santos in Criminal Case No. 99-336 finding Maximo Salvador guilty beyond reasonable doubt of qualified rape and imposing on him the supreme penalty of death.

The Solicitor General (OSG) narrates how appellant raped his own daughter:

"The victim, Merlyn Salvador, is 14 years old and the legitimate child of appellant Maximo Salvador.

"Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon of December 3, 1998, the victim heeded her father's instruction to take a nap inside their bedroom....