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PEOPLE vs Domingo Tupaz, Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOMINGO TUPAZ y CASTOR, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136141 | 2002-10-09

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cavite City, Branch 16, in Criminal Case No. 237-95 convicting herein accused-appellant Domingo Tupaz y Castor, Jr. of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

On September 22, 1995, Domingo Tupaz y Castor, Jr. was charged with the rape of his own daughter in an Information that reads:

That on or about the 7th day of May, 1995, at Barangay Ligtong I, Municipality of Rosario, Cavite, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs,...