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PEOPLE Vs. Edgardo L. Puedan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO PUEDAN Y LALONGISIP, defendant-appellant. Viterbo D. Togarda for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 92586 | 1991-04-26

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

On May 31, 1988, Celestina Simbahan filed in the Manila City Fiscal's Office (which was refiled in the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch V, and docketed therein as Criminal Case No. 88-63617), a criminal complaint against the appellant Edgardo Puedan y Lalongisip for Rape committed against her four-year-old granddaughter, SNAIER EDWARDS y RISABA. The complaint alleged the following:

"That on or about the 15th day of May, 1988, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, with lewd designs, by means of force, violence and intimidation, to wit: by then and there locking said SNAIER...