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PEOPLE vs Cesar Larena y Sardonido

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CESAR LARENA Y SARDONIDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121205-09 | 1999-06-29

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

A harrowing tale of bestial despoliation unfolds as a young woman, in the threshold of her teens, accuses her own father of having five (5) counts of forcible sexual intercourse with her. Such lustful incest can only merit, if not the penalty of death, a life behind bars for the rest of the offender's mortal life.

Herein accused-appellant Cesar Larena y Sardonido was meted the supreme penalty of death by the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga, Branch 16, for four of the five (5) counts of rape committed against his daughter, Dolores Larena y Casiñas, and reclusion perpetua for the rape...