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PEOPLE vs Fernando Sabalan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO SABALAN Y VILLAMOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134529 | 2001-02-26

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Accused-appellant Fernando Sabalan was charged with rape by his own daughter, Analiza Sabalan. The Information against him reads:

"That on or about the 8th day of November 1996, at Barangay Butaguin, in the Municipality of Gumaca, Province of Quezon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, who is the father of the offended party, with lewd design, by means of force, threats, violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of one Analiza Sabalan, his own daughter, a minor, 12 years of age, against her...