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PEOPLE VS Rufino Ernas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RUFINO ERNAS Y VILLANUEVA,* * appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137256-58 | 2003-08-06

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

For automatic review is the joint judgment[1] dated January 14, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Calamba, Laguna (Branch 34) rendered in Criminal Cases Nos. 6178-98-C, 6179-98 and 6180-98-C convicting appellant Rufino Ernas y Villanueva of three counts of rape committed against his daughters Elsa and Celeste Ernas and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death for each case. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

ACCORDINGLY, by virtue of his voluntary plea of guilty, judgment is hereby rendered as follows:

In Criminal Case No. 6178-98-C, this Court finds accused Rufino Ernas y...