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PEOPLE vs Tacio Emilio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TACIO EMILIO y INTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144305-07 | 2003-02-06

D E C I S I O N 


PER CURIAM:

On May 22, 2000, in Criminal Cases Nos. 97-CR-2738, 97-CR-2739 and 97-CR-2740, the Regional Trial Court of Benguet, Branch 62, found accused-appellant Tacio Emilio guilty of three (3) counts of rape of his minor stepdaughter and imposed upon him the penalty of death for each.

The prosecution charged accused-appellant in separate Informations,1 the inculpatory portions of which read as follows:

Criminal Case No. 97-CR-2738

That on or about the month of October 1995, at Bayabas, Municipality of Sablan, Province of Benguet, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused...