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PEOPLE vs Juan Carinaga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JUAN CARINAGA, appellant.

G. R. Nos. 146097-98 | 2003-08-26

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before us on automatic review is the Consolidated Decision[1] dated 14 September 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Ligao, Albay, Branch 13, 5th Judicial Region ("trial court"), in Criminal Case Nos. 3836 and 3837. The trial court found appellant Juan Cariñaga ("appellant") guilty of two counts of qualified rape and sentenced him to suffer the death penalty for each count, and to pay damages to his daughter, Venilda Cariñaga ("Venilda").

In Criminal Case No. 3836, the Information charged appellant with the crime of rape as follows:

That on November 23, 1998 at around 5:00 in the morning, more or less, at Barangay...