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PEOPLE Vs. Ernesto G. Corpuz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO G. CORPUZ @ BEN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 101005 | 1993-05-31

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

On 21 June 1989, fifteen-year old Mercy Amor Magallanes of Dagupan City, assisted by her mother Flora Magallanes, filed with Branch 43 of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City a criminal complaint charging the accused-appellant with the complex crime of Forcible Abduction with Rape allegedly committed in this wise:

"That on or about the 19th day of June, 1989, in the City of Dagupan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, ERNESTO G. CORPUZ @ Ben, with lewd design, did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and criminally, abduct one MERCY AMOR...