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PEOPLE vs Mario Panganiban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO PANGANIBAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 138439-41 | 2001-06-25

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Before us for automatic review is the joint decision[1] of 19 April 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18 in Criminal Cases Nos. 97-158615, 97-158616 and 97-158617, finding accused-appellant Mario Panganiban (hereafter MARIO) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape in each case committed against his daughter Maria Regina G. Panganiban (hereafter REGINA) and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death in each of the first two cases, and reclusion perpetua in the third case.

These criminal cases stemmed from three separate informations filed against MARIO which read as...