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PEOPLE vs Dante Cepeda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANTE CEPEDA y SAPOTALO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124832 | 2000-02-01

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

For acceding to a request to massage the stomach of a neighbor's wife who was purportedly suffering abdominal pains, Conchita Mahomoc got raped instead. Charged for the crime was the neighbor, Dante Cepeda y Sapotalo in an Information alleging -

That on or about the 2nd day of April 1994 in Barangay Buhang, Magallanes, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused, armed with a knife, by means of force and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of Conchita Mahomoc, against her will.

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