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PEOPLE vs Orense

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus BOBBY ORENSE, Appeellant.

G.R. NO. 152969 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:





For review before the Court is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 73, of Antipolo City, finding appellant Bobby Orense guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of statutory rape against his own daughter, Grace Anne R. Orense, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death.



The information, dated 31 March 1997, averred -



"That on or about the 2nd day of March 1997, in the Municipality of Antipolo, Province of Rizal, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs and by means of force and intimidation, did then and...