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PEOPLE vs Florencio Francisco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENCIO FRANCISCO y ALEJO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135201-02 | 2001-03-15

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

On automatic review is the Joint Decision of the court a quo finding accused-appellant FLORENCIO FRANCISCO y ALEJO guilty of the crimes of rape and acts of lasciviousness committed against his 11-year old daughter Ma. Coralyn Jucutan Francisco and imposing upon him the death penalty for the rape and an indeterminate prison term ranging from twelve (12) years and one (1) day of reclusion temporal as minimum to fourteen (14) years and nine (9) months of reclusion temporal as maximum for the acts of lasciviousness.[1]

Ma. Coralyn lived with her parents Florencio Francisco and Isabelita Jucutan, eight (8)...