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PEOPLE vs. BONIFACIO PUERTA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO PUERTA Y RODRIGUEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131609 | 2001-08-27

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For automatic review before this Court is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Camarines Sur, Branch 30, dated August 21, 1997, in Criminal Case No. T-1591, finding accused-appellant Bonifacio Puerta guilty of the crime of rape committed against his nine-year old daughter, Janet Puerta.

The information reads:

"That on or about [the] 12th day of August, 1996 at about 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon at Barangay San Antonio, Municipality of Tigaon, Province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused by means of force and...