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PEOPLE Vs. Arcadio Cabilao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARCADIO CABILAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 62999 | 1992-06-25

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused-appellant was charged with the crime of rape in a sworn criminal complaint 1 filed on 13 April 1976 by the offended party, Erlida V. Rafon, with the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Davao which reads as follows:

"The undersigned, ERLINDA RAFON y VILLANUEVA, after having been duly sworn to (sic) according to law, accuses the above-named accused of the crime of Rape, under Article 335, Par. 1, of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act Nos. 2632 and 4111, committed as follows:

That on or about January 22, 1976, in the City of Davao, Philippines and within the...