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PEOPLE vs Minon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff, versus NICODEMO MINON alias “BOYET” and “NICK,” Appeellant,

G.R. Nos. 148397-400 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:





Before us for automatic review is the Decision of Branch XLII of the Regional Trial Court, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro[1], finding accused-appellant Nicodemo Minon[2] guilty of three (3) counts of QUALIFIED RAPE, and sentencing him to suffer three (3) DEATH penalties; together with the accessory penalties provided by law, and to indemnify the victims Elizabeth and Eloisa Miñon P50,000 each, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency; and to pay the cost.



The four (4) separate Informations originally filed against the accused-appellant, all dated 17 July 1998, alleged as follows:

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