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PEOPLE vs Ernesto Nicolas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO NICOLAS y OCAMPO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135877 | 2002-08-22

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated October 9, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque City, Branch 259, finding appellant Ernesto Nicolas guilty of rape. The heinous nature of the offense is underscored by the charge against him in the amended information[2] which reads as follows:

That on or about the 21st day of October 1997, in the Municipality of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal intercourse with Flabiana Mendoza, a...