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PEOPLE Vs. Rolando Mendoza, Jr. Y Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ROLANDO MENDOZA, JR. y DELA CRUZ, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 146693-94 | 2003-07-31

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

For automatic review is the joint decision rendered by Branch 45 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bais City finding appellant Rolando Mendoza, Jr. guilty of incestuous rape on two counts and sentencing him in each to suffer the penalty of death and to pay his daughter-victim, Monaliza Mendoza,[1] P50,000.00 as moral damages and an unspecified amount as exemplary damages.

The complaints dated August 9, 1996 against appellant, which were treated as two separate informations after the conduct of preliminary investigation, read as follows:

Criminal Case No. 96-074-B:

COMPLAINT[2]

The undersigned...