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PEOPLE vs Nathaniel Surio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NATHANIEL SURIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139235 | 2002-08-07

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision dated June 28, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 78, in Criminal Case No. 1224-M-97 finding accused-appellant Nathaniel Surio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and imposing upon him the penalty of death.

In a complaint filed on March 24, 1997, accused-appellant Nathaniel Surio was charged with sexually abusing complainant Claranette Y. Ligon, the 12 year-old daughter of his common-law wife by her first husband, on six separate occasions from August 15, 1996 to March 11, 1997. The case was assigned for preliminary investigation...