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PEOPLE Vs. Abner Malunes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellees, vs. ABNER MALUNES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 114692 | 1995-08-14

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In her criminal complaint 1 for rape filed on 13 January 1992 in the 2nd Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Mandaon-Balud, Masbate, Eva del Rosario, a 12-year old lass of Poblacion, Mandaon, Masbate, charged the accused-appellant with the crime of rape allegedly committed sometime in October 1991 and on 11 January 1992. After appropriate preliminary investigation and finding that probable cause existed, the MCTC of Mandaon-Balud forwarded the records of the case to the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor for the filing of the corresponding information in the proper court.

On 12 March 1992, the...