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PEOPLE vs. Orpiano Delos Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ORPIANO DELOS SANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 141128 | 2001-08-30

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

The accused, Orpiano Delos Santos was charged with the crime of rape in an information that reads as follows:

"That sometime in the month of August, 1995, in Brgy. Baruan, municipality of Agno, province of Pangasinan, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, by means of force and intimidation, did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously pull complainant Rowena Caboteja inside a room of his (accused) house, point a bolo on her neck and then and there have sexual intercourse with Rowena Caboteja, a minor of 16 years of age, and a retardate,...