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PEOPLE vs Armando Alvarado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARMANDO ALVARADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 145730 | 2002-03-19

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Branch 52, finding accused-appellant Armando Alvarado guilty of rape of his 14-year old daughter Arlene and sentencing him to suffer the death penalty and to pay the latter the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The information against accused-appellant reads:

That on or about the midnight of July 26, 1997, in [B]arangay Rawis, [M]unicipality of Donsol, [P]rovince of Sorsogon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, by means of...