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PEOPLE Vs. Nestor Coderes y Ablaza.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NESTOR CODERES y ABLAZA, appellant.

G.R. No. 136849 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 42, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro finding appellant Nestor Coderes y Ablaza guilty beyond reasonable doubt of raping his daughter, Elsa Coderes y Mauhay, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and ordering him to indemnify Elsa in the amount of P50,000.00.

The criminal complaint,[1] dated January 24, 1997, filed by Elsa against herein appellant reads as follows:

That on or about the 16th day of November, 1996 at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, in barangay Subaan, municipality of Socorro, province of...