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PEOPLE Vs. Salvador R. Erni

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALVADOR ERNI y ROGACION, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 114186 | 1995-07-12

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

On appeal is the decision, dated 03 November 1993 of Judge Enrique M. Almario 1 convicting accused-appellant Salvador Erni y Rogacion of rape allegedly committed against his own five-year old, deafmute, daughter Manilyn Erni.

The information, 2 dated 25 July 1991, read:

"That on or about the 26th day of May 1991, at Barangay Calumpang Cocra, Municipality of Indang, Province of Cavite, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, being then the father of Manilyn Erni, a girl five (5) years of age, and with lewd design, did, then there, willfully, unlawfully and...