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PEOPLE vs Aurelio Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AURELIO CRUZ y RAMOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144634 | 2002-12-18

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Does inebriation render a man amnesic of what he is doing or cause him to lose control of his senses? Or does it enfeeble him to render it difficult or impossible to commit coital assault?

Before us for automatic review is the March 28, 2000 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 76, of San Mateo, Rizal in Criminal Case No. 4163 convicting accused-appellant Aurelio Cruz y Ramos of raping his then sixteen
(16) year old daughter Marivic Cruz and imposing upon him the supreme penalty of death.

The Information dated May 20, 1999 charged accused-appellant with rape allegedly committed as follows:...