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PEOPLE vs Jovito Sitao

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOVITO SITAO alias "Beto," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 146790 | 2002-08-22

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision,[1] dated October 31, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Branch 8, in Criminal Case No. 9930-99, finding the accused-appellant, Jovito Sitao, guilty of incestuous rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death.

In an Information dated September 20, 1999, accused-appellant Jovito Sitao alias "Beto" was charged with the crime of rape committed as follows:

That on or about the 19th day of July, 1999 at midnight, at Purok 12, barangay Tongantongan, municipality of Valencia, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of...