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PEOPLE vs Diosdado Corial

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DIOSDADO CORIAL y REQUIEZ, appellant.

G.R. No. 143125 | 2003-06-10

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

For automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 109,[1] imposing the death penalty on convicted appellant Diosdado Corial y Requiez for the crime of qualified rape,[2] said to have been committed, according to the indictment, against his own minor granddaughter Maricar Corial.

At his arraignment, appellant pleaded "not guilty" to the charge;[3] trial ensued shortly thereafter.

The Case for the Prosecution. -

Maricar Corial was born to Marietta Corial, appellant's daughter, but she did not come to know her father (now said to be deceased). Maricar had two maternal...