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PEOPLE vs Ronilo Ferrera

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff -appellee, vs. RONILO FERRERA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 145727 | 2002-11-27

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

Automatic review of a death penalty.

In an Information filed by Public Prosecutor Reynaldo R. Guayco it was alleged that in the evening of 26 April 1995 at Sitio Balikbitin, San Nicolas, Coron, Palawan, the accused Ronilo Ferrera "who is the victim's father and who exercises parental authority over her, with lewd design, and with force, threat and intimidation through the use of a fan knife x x x willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge with his own daughter, one MELANIE C. FERRERA, 13 years old, against her will and consent."[1]

On 16 August 2000 the Regional Trial Court of Puerto...