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PEOPLE vs Alejandre De Los Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRE DE LOS SANTOS Y RENEGADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137047 | 2002-10-15

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Of all the crimes deserving the imposition of the supreme penalty of death, nothing perhaps provokes a greater feeling of outrage, detestation and disgust than incestuous rape.

Before us for automatic review is the Decision[1] of Branch 28 of the Regional Trial Court of Naga City in Criminal Case No. RTC-97-6857 convicting accused-appellant, Alejandre de los Santos y Renegado, of the crime of incestuous rape against his own granddaughter, Janeth Narito, and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

Briefly, the facts, as presented by the prosecution and as given credence by the lower court, are...