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PEOPLE vs Zosimo Barredo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ZOSIMO BARREDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133832 | 2000-03-28

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Execrable as it so is, the crime of rape becomes even most odious when committed against a child of tender years by a man old enough to be her grandfather.

Accused-appellant, Zosimo Barredo, was charged with the crime of Rape in a criminal complaint, dated 13 May 1997, filed before Branch IV of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City. Docketed Criminal Case No. 9003, the complaint, in its accusatory portion, read:

"That on or about the 19th day of March, 1997, at about 6:30 o'clock in the morning, at Barangay Talahib, Municipality of Tingloy, Province of Batangas, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of...