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PEOPLE. Vs. Dionisio Hortillano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIONISIO HORTILLANO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 71116 | 1989-09-19

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

The accused-appellant, Dionisio Hortillano, was charged before the Regional Trial Court, Branch XVIII at Cagayan de Oro City, with the crime of rape in Criminal Case No. 3936, under a complaint which reads:

"That on or about January 4, 1983 at about 6:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less in Kauswagan, Municipality of Lagonglong Province of Misamis Oriental, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused DIONISIO HORTILLANO, by means of force, intimidation and violence and with the use of a deadly weapon, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously...