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PEOPLE vs Joel De Guzman

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL DE GUZMAN y SAN JUAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132071 | 2000-10-16

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision rendered on December 18, 1997 by the Regional Trial Court of Naga City, Branch 24, in Criminal Case No. 95-6022, finding accused-appellant Joel De Guzman y San Juan guilty of rape and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an information dated October 16, 1995, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Jose Dy charged appellant with the crime of rape, allegedly committed as follows:

The undersigned 4th Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines Sur, upon a sworn complaint originally filed by Corazon Deliso y Reyes accuses JOEL DE GUZMAN y SAN JUAN of Sitio San Vicente, Barangay...