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Cresencio Mendoza vs PEOPLE

CRESENCIO S. MENDOZA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 141512 | 2001-04-16

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision[1] of the Fourth Division of the Court of Appeals affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 54, Macabebe, Pampanga, which found petitioner Cresencio S. Mendoza guilty of attempted rape and sentenced him to imprisonment of six (6) years of prision correccional, as minimum, to eight (8) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as maximum.

The information against petitioner alleged:[2]

That on or about the 15th day of May 1995, in Barangay Sampaloc, Municipality of Apalit, Province of Pampanga, Philippines and within the jurisdiction...