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PEOPLE vs Ibarrientos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MAXIMO IBARRIENTOS y PERICO, Appeellant.

G.R. Nos. 148063-64 | 2004-06-17

DECISION



QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the joint judgment[1] dated January 15, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court of Pili, Camarines Sur, Branch 31, in Criminal Case Nos. P-2695 and P-2696. The RTC convicted appellant Maximo Ibarrientos,[2] of two counts of incestuous rape. In each case, he was sentenced to death and was ordered to pay P75,000 as indemnity, P50,000 moral damages, P50,000 exemplary damages, and the costs.

The information[3] in Criminal Case No. P-2695 reads:

That on or about August, 1996 in Barangay Sagurong, Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the said accused who...