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PEOPLE vs Rodolfo S. Leoterio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO LEOTERIO y SANOZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 119405-06 | 1996-11-21

DAVIDE, JR., J.:


Accused Rodolfo Leoterio y Sanoza appeals from the decision 1 of 18 January 1995 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, Branch 79, in Criminal Case Nos. Q-93-46506 and Q-93-46507, finding him guilty of two counts of rape committed on separate dates against the same complainant.

Complainant Mergena Manahan y Tahop initiated the aforementioned criminal cases by filing two complaints on 16 July 1993, the accusatory portions of which reads as follows:

CRIMINAL CASE NO. Q-93-46506

That on or about the 14th day of June 1993, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, by means of force, violence and/or...