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PEOPLE vs. A. Pangilinan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ALFREDO PANGILINAN y TRINIDAD, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 171020 | 2007-03-14

D E C I S I O N
 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01414 dated 16 November 2005 which affirmed with modification the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dinalupihan, Bataan, Branch 5, in Criminal Cases Nos. DH 586-97 and 587-97, finding appellant Alfredo Trinidad Pangilinan guilty of two counts of rape. The Court of Appeals upheld the two death sentences imposed on appellant but modified the award of damages.

Two informations were filed charging appellant with raping AAA,[3] his daughter. The informations read:


Crim. Case No. DH-586-97

That in or about the month of...