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PEOPLE. Vs. Eduardo Niebres

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO NIEBRES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 69190 | 1989-09-29

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

Accused-appellant Eduardo Niebres y Blim was charged with the crime of rape in a complaint, dated April 7, 1980, subscribed and sworn to by Rosalinda Barcelona and filed before the then Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch I.

After pleading not guilty to the crime charged, he was subsequently tried and convicted in a decision 1 dated September 29, 1983, to wit:

"IN VIEW OF ALL THE FOREGOING, the court finds the accused Eduardo Niebres y Blim guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, as charged, and sentences him to reclusion perpetua, with the accessories provided by law, to indemnify...