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People of the Philippines Vs. Rogelio Asis y Lacson

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ROGELIO ASIS y LACSON, Appeellant

G.R. No. 179935 | 2010-04-19

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Once again, we are confronted with the repulsive situation where a father raped his minor daughter. In this case, "AAA"[1] was sexually molested not once but twice. Unfortunately, until this stage, her father did not manifest any feeling of remorse or sought forgiveness; instead, he insists on his innocence notwithstanding overwhelming evidence against him.

This is an appeal from the June 29, 2007 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00961 which affirmed with modification the January 25, 2005 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 64, Camarines Norte finding...