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PEOPLE Vs. Rodolfo Junas.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RODOLFO JUNAS, appellant.

G.R. No. 144972-73 | 2003-09-12

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

On automatic review[1] is the Joint Decision[2] of Branch 8 of the Regional Trial Court of Aparri, Cagayan, in Criminal Cases Nos. 08-1074 and 08-1075 promulgated on 28 July 2000. In both cases, the trial court convicted appellant Rodolfo Junas ("appellant") of incestuous rape and sentenced him to suffer the death penalty in each case.

On 16 January 1998, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor[3] of Cagayan filed two (2) separate Informations charging appellant with rape,[4] committed as follows:

Criminal Case No. 08-1074

That on or about March 26, 1997, in the municipality of Aparri, province of Cagayan,...