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PEOPLE vs Pascual Balbarona.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PASCUAL BALBARONA, appellant.

G.R. No. 146854 | 2004-04-28

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

For automatic review is the October 31, 2000 Judgment[1] rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Lanao Del Norte, Branch 2 convicting appellant, Pascual B. Balbarona, of raping his minor daughter and imposing on him the supreme penalty of death.

The Information[2] for rape filed on May 31, 2000 charges appellant as follows:

That on or about May 28, 2000, in the City of Iligan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, by means of force and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of the said Odette M. Balbarona his...