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PEOPLE Vs. Jenis Pate?o

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JENIS PATE?O, appellant.

G.R. No. 145349 | 2003-07-29

D E C I S I O N

Azcuna, J.:

Before us for automatic review is a decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Misamis Oriental, Branch 25, meting the supreme penalty of death on appellant Jenis Pateño for the crime of rape committed against his twelve-year-old daughter Elgen Pateño.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On August 31, 1996, at around 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon, twelve-year-old Elgen Pateño was sleeping soundly on the floor of their house in Gitagum, Misamis Oriental. She was alone because her brothers and sisters were ordered by her father to fetch water outside. Elgen woke up when she...