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PEOPLE vs Benjamin Tabarangao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN TABARANGAO y DAZA a.k.a. BEN TABARANGAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 116535-36 | 1999-02-25

 
D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Iriga City (Branch 36) finding accused-appellant Benjamin Tabarangao guilty of Rape and Attempted Rape and sentencing him accordingly.

The prosecution presented as evidence the testimony of private complainant, Analyn Abaño, tending to show the following. On July 26, 1991, at around 8:00 in the morning, complainant Analyn Abaño (Analyn), then 15 years old, was washing clothes by the water pump located in front of accused-appellant's house in Sto. Nino, Iriga City. The latter is the second cousin of...