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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS BONGHANOY, accused-appellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS BONGHANOY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124097 | 1999-06-17

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

The case at hand is an unwelcome addition to the numerous cases of rape involving the young and innocent, appallingly aggravated by the close kinship between the offender and the victim.

On July 26, 1994, an information for rape was filed against accused-appellant Carlos Bonghanoy, as follows:

The undersigned Asst. Provincial Prosecutor, on complaint of the offended party Baby Jane de Guzman y Bonghanoy, assisted by her mother, accuses Carlos Bonghanoy y Agrabiador alias "Caloy" of the crime of rape, penalized under the provisions of Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, committed as follows:

That on or about...