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PEOPLE Vs. Juan M. Rosario

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JUAN M. ROSARIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 144428 | 2003-08-06

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

A father who rapes his very own daughter desecrates not only her purity and her trust, but also the mores of society he is expected to uphold. By forcing his odious bestial instincts on his daughter, he loses all respect due him as a human being.

Before us for automatic review is the Decision[1] dated June 26, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 57, San Carlos City, in Criminal Case No. SCC-3281, finding Juan M. Rosario, appellant, guilty of the crime of rape and imposing upon him the supreme penalty of death.

The Information[2] against appellant reads:

"That on or about the 8th day of April, 2000, at...