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PEOPLE vs Raymundo Magtimay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAYMUNDO MAGTIBAY y BACHOCO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 142985 | 2002-08-06

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, Branch XLII, in Criminal Case No. P-5775, finding accused-appellant guilty of rape and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information against accused-appellant states:

That on or about the 15th day of September, 1997, at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, in Barangay Sagana, Municipality of Bongabong, province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd and unchaste design, did then and there...