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PEOPLE vs Chito Ucab

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CHITO P. UCAB, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133227 | 2002-10-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Mambajao, Camiguin, Branch 28, dated February 19, 1998, in Criminal Case No. 833, finding appellant Chito Ucab guilty of two counts of rape he allegedly committed against his 12-year old daughter, private complainant Hanipi Ucab. Appellant was twice sentenced to death.

A single Information, containing the charges for two counts of incestuous rape, was filed against the appellant. Its accusatory portion reads:

"That on or about the 28th day of March 1997 at 10:00 o'clock in the evening and again repeated on April 28, 1997 inside the...