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PEOPLE vs Dionisio Ancheta

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DIONISIO ANCHETA, appellant.

G.R. No. 142431 | 2004-01-14

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Appellant Dionisio Ancheta was meted the supreme penalty of death by the Regional Trial Court of San Fernando City, La Union, Branch 27, in Criminal Case No. 4806, for the rape committed against his own daughter, Ginalyn Ancheta.

In an Amended Information, appellant was charged as follows:

That on or about the 13th day of July, 1998, in the Municipality of San Gabriel, Province of La Union, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd design and by using force and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have...