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PEOPLE Vs. Carlito Escoto

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLITO ESCOTO Y ARCEO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 106390 | 1994-01-21

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

From the decision of Branch 42 of the Regional Trial Court of the Third Judicial Region stationed in San Fernando, Pampanga, finding him guilty of the crime of rape, Carlito Escoto has interposed the instant appeal.

Nenita Escoto, the rape victim, aged 13, voluntarily signed her complaint (Exh. C). The corresponding Information dated September 25, 1991, (p. 7, Rollo) was filed by Villamor L. Dizon and Jesus Y. Manarang, Pampanga Provincial Prosecutor and Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, respectively, and reads as follows:

That on or about the 15th day of December, 1990, in Barangay Potrero, Municipality of...