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PEOPLE vs. Irvin E. Tadulan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. IRVIN TADULAN y EPAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 117407 | 1997-04-15

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:


Accused-appellant Irvin Tadulan was charged with the crime of rape before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Branch 157, Metro Manila, in a complaint docketed as Criminal Case No. 92-186, alleging as follows:

That on or about the 2nd day of April, 1992 in the Municipality of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, armed with a knife, with lewd design and by means of force, threats and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have sexual intercourse with one Maristel Cruz, a minor, nine (9) years old, without her consent and against...