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People vs. Ilao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEOPOLDO ILAO y MARAGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129529 | 1998-09-29

D E C I S I O N
 
REGALADO, J.:
 
Before us for automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Tanauan, Batangas, Branch 6,[2] in Criminal Case No. 3078 finding accused-appellant Leopoldo M. Ilao guilty of raping his eleven-year old daughter, Jonalyn Ilao. Purportedly in accordance with Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, appellant was sentenced by the trial court to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify his victim in the amount of P50,000.00.

The records of this case reveal that appellant and his wife Ruby de Mesa Ilao[3] had a fight inside their hut...