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PEOPLE vs Baliwang Bumidang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BALIWANG BUMIDANG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130630 | 2000-12-04

D E C I S I O N

Per Curiam:

Accused-appellant Baliwang Bumidang (hereafter BALIWANG) was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, with the crime of rape in an information[1] the accusatory portion of which reads as follows:

That on or about September 29, 1996, in the Municipality of Villaverde, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs, taking advantage of superior strength, and by means of force, violence, threat and intimidation and with the use of spear, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously have...