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PEOPLE vs Danilo Abino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DANILO ABINO y ADVINCULA, appellant.

G.R. No. 137288 | 2001-12-11

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Rape, particularly incestuous rape, is reprehensible and abominable. However, to convict the accused and to sentence him to death requires proof beyond reasonable doubt of the elements of the crime and the qualifying circumstances specifically alleged in the information. Conviction always rests on the strength of the evidence of the prosecution, never on the weakness or the absence of that of the defense.

The Case

For automatic review by this Court is the Decision[1] dated January 20, 1999, promulgated by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Calamba, Laguna (Branch 34) in Criminal Case No. 5793-98-C,...