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PEOPLE vs Raul Obrique

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RAUL OBRIQUE y ANTONIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 146859 | 2004-01-20

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

Elevated to us for automatic appeal is the Decision[1] dated November 15, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Branch 8, in Criminal Case No. 9019-98. The death penalty was imposed on Raul Obrique y Antonio (hereafter "appellant") for the crime of rape committed upon his 13-year old niece, private complainant Angela H. Obrique.

The original indictment, dated July 2, 1998, reads:

That on or about the 2nd day of March, 1998, in the evening, and prior thereto, at Purok 1, Barangay Managok, Malaybalay City (Bukidnon), Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable...