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People vs. Tumimpad 235 SCRA 483

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MORENO L. TUMIMPAD, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 109144 | 1994-08-19

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Accused-appellant Constable Moreno L. Tumimpad and co-accused Constable Ruel C. Prieto were charged with the crime of rape committed against a 15-year old Mongoloid child in a complaint dated on May 24, 1991, signed by her mother, Mrs. Pastora L. Salcedo, which reads:

That during the period between the last week of March 1989 and the first week of April 1989, in Barangay Lower Lamac, Oroquieta City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, have (sic) carnal knowledge with Sandra Salcedo, complainant's daughter,...