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Nicanor Dulla vs CA & Andrea Ortega rep by Iluminada Beltran

NICANOR DULLA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ANDREA ORTEGA, represented by ILUMINADA BELTRAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 123164 | 2000-02-18

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision1 [Per Justice Bernardo Ll. Salas and concurred in by Justices Antonio M. Martinez (Chairman) and Alicia Austria Martinez.] of the Sixth Division of the Court of Appeals, affirming the conviction of herein petitioner by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 5, Manila, for acts of lasciviousness.

The information against petitioner Nicanor Dulla charged him with rape. It was alleged -

That on or about February 2, 1993, in the city of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously with lewd designs have carnal...