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PEOPLE vs Rodolfo Bernaldez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO BERNALDEZ @ “Dolfo,” accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 109780 | 1998-08-17

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of Branch 14 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Ligao, Albay, convicting accused-appellant Rodolfo Bernaldez of rape committed against his 10-year-old niece MARIA TERESA BERNALDEZ.[2]

The complaint[3] September 1990 by Pedro B. Bernaldez, the younger brother of the appellant and father of the victim. RODOLFO was forthwith arrested and detained in jail.

After due proceedings in the MCTC, which found a probable cause against RODOLFO,[4] the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Albay filed with the RTC of Ligao, Albay, an information[5] charging him with the crime...