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PEOPLE vs Leoncio Aliviano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONCIO ALIVIANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133985 | 2000-07-10

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Galicano C. Arriesgado. Rollo, pp. 72-78.] of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 15, convicting herein appellant, Leoncio Aliviano y Yburan, of the crime of rape.

The appellant, Leoncio Y. Aliviano, stands charged with the crime of rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, in an information that reads:

That on or about the 21st day of March, 1996, at about 9:00 o'clock in the evening, in the city of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the said accused, armed...