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PEOPLE vs Ricardo Baylen

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO BAYLEN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135242 | 2002-04-19

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In its decision rendered on March 2, 1998, the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 23, in Criminal Case No. 44918, found appellant Ricardo Baylen guilty of rape.

Based on the complaint filed by Rosalyn Centeñales, private complainant, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Nelson Geduspan charged Baylen with the crime of rape, allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 18th day of March, 1995, in the Municipality of Calinog, Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs and without any justifiable motive,...