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PEOPLE vs Bernabe Sancha

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BERNABE SANCHA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 131818-19 | 2000-02-03

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Automatic review of the decision1 [Per Judge Sancho Dames II.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, Daet, Camarines Norte, finding accused-appellant Bernabe Sancha guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape of his daughter, aged 15, and sentencing him, in both cases, to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the victim in the amount of P100,000.00.

Two informations for rape were filed against accused-appellant.

In Criminal Case No. 8888, the information2 [Rollo, pp. 14-15.] against accused-appellant alleged -

"That on or about the 20th day of June 1996 at around 7:00 o'clock in the...