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PEOPLE vs. Cipriano Caballes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CIPRIANO CABALLES, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Loreto M. Durano for accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 93437-45 | 1991-07-12

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Criminally charged before Branch X of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu 1 with nine (9) cases of rape in Criminal Cases No. CBU-8473 to 8481, inclusive, upon the corresponding complaints filed by his own daughter, complainant Arlene Caballes, which, except for the dates of commission of the felony, were identically worded as having been committed thus

"The on or about the 17th day of January, 1986, at 12:00 midnight, in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, being the father of the undersigned Arlene Caballes, armed with '3 cantos', with...