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PEOPLE Vs. Leopoldo Montante

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEOPOLDO MONTANTE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 86492-94 | 1990-12-20

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The appellant Leopoldo Montante, 66 years old and widower, was charged by his daughter Lea Montante, 14 years old and single, with three courts of rape purportedly committed on three different occasions, to wit: on September 29, 1978 (Criminal Case No. 36584), on December 24, 1978 (Criminal Case No. 36585), and on September 12, 1979 (Criminal Case No. 36583) all allegedly committed in the evening at the dwelling of the appellant and the private complainant. 1

The said three complaints all dated May 5, 1980 were filed before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila, Branch 158. 2

After trial, the...