Appeal opens entire case to review

Appeal opens entire case to review

THE Supreme Court has ruled that when an accused appeals a criminal conviction, the entire case can be reviewed — and the penalty may even be increased. In a decision written by Associate Justice Antonio Kho Jr., the high court denied the appeal of a father convicted of sexually assaulting his daughter. Instead of upholding his conviction for unjust vexation in one incident, the high court found him guilty of attempted rape, imposing a harsher p…