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PEOPLE vs Pablo Molero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PABLO MOLERO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-67842 | 1986-09-24

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

Appellant Pablo Molero was charged with the crime of rape by his own daughter Pacita Molero in a complaint filed in the Court of First Instance of Negros Oriental. The criminal complaint dated March 30, 1978 alleged:

"That on or about the 5th day of February, 1976, on the banks of the river Siaton at Sitio Balogo, Barangay Tamlang, Municipality of Santa Catalina, Province of Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with grave abuse of confidence being the father of the herein complainant, with force and intimidation by brandishing a...