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PEOPLE vs Emmanuel Panique

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMMANUEL PANIQUE accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125763 | 1999-10-13

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

For automatic review before this Court is the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 259, of ParaÂÂaque, rendered on August 12, 1996, in Criminal Case No. 96-533, finding accused-appellant Emmanuel Panique guilty of rape.

The complainant, Geraldine Panique, is the eldest child of accused-appellant by his wife Susana Buenaventura Panique.1 [TSN, pp. 5-6, July 10, 1996; Records, pp. 41-42.] Geraldine was born in ParaÂÂaque, Metro Manila, on May 13, 1981.2 [Exh. "B"; Records, p. 89.] When her mother went to Hong Kong to work as a domestic helper,3 [TSN, p. 14, July 10, 1996; Records p. 50; Exh. "C";...