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PEOPLE vs Hernando Quinson Garcia

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERNANDO QUINSON GARCIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139753 | 2002-05-07

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Hernando Quinson Garcia was charged with the offense of rape in Criminal Case No. 98-234 before the Regional Trial Court ("RTC") of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 19, under the following recitals of the complaint, to wit:

"That on December 13, 1997, at more or less 8:30 o'clock in the morning, at Lim Ket Kai Drive, Barangay 35, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, 65-year old, uncle of complainant's mother, with violence and intimidation, armed with a knife, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of...