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PEOPLE vs. PEDRO NUELAN

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO NUELAN y LUDOVICE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123075 | 2001-10-08

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Camarines Norte, at Daet convicting accused Pedro Nuelan y Ludovice of three (3) counts of rape committed against his daughter, thirteen-year-old Margie L. Nuelan, and sentencing him to death for each count, and to pay the offended party in the amount of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages, plus costs.

On March 7, 1994, thirteen-year-old Margie L. Nuelan, assisted by her mother Lily Nuelan, filed with the Municipal Trial Court, Paracale, Camarines Norte a criminal complaint against her father,...