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PEOPLE vs Rogelio Mirante Sr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs ROGELIO MIRANTE SR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 147606 | 2003-01-14

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The court a quo found ROGELIO MIRANTE SR. guilty of raping his fourteen (14)-year old daughter Analyn Mirante and sentenced him to death. It also ordered him to indemnify his victim the amount of P75,000.00 and P50,000.00 as moral damages, and to pay the costs.[1]

"He molested me everyday, except on Sundays when my mother was around."[2] This was the heartrending account of private complainant Analyn Mirante when she narrated to the court the sexual molestations she suffered in the hands of her lecherous father Rogelio Mirante Sr.

As narrated by Analyn, she first experienced her father's depravity when...