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PEOPLE vs Bernardino Domantay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BERNARDINO DOMANTAY alias "JUNIOR OTOT," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130612 | 1999-05-11

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Bienvenido R. Estrada.] of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City (Branch 57), finding accused-appellant guilty of rape with homicide and sentencing him to death, and to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P480,000.00, and to pay the costs.

The facts hark back to the afternoon of October 17, 1996, at around 4 o'clock, when the body of six-year old Jennifer Domantay was found sprawled amidst a bamboo grove in Guilig, Malasiqui, Pangasinan. The child's body bore several stab wounds. Jennifer had been missing since lunch time.

The...