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PEOPLE vs Biane Bontuan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BIANE BONTUAN y JAGUNOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 142993-94 | 2002-09-05

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Accused-appellant Biane Bontuan y Jagunos was charged with two counts of rape, docketed as Criminal Cases Nos. 9895 and 9896 of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 2. Except for the time of commission, the two amended complaints are similarly worded as follows:

That on or about the 21st day of June, 1997, at or about 9:00 o'clock in the evening at barangay Sinakayanan, municipality of Catigbian, province of Bohol, Philippines and within the preliminary jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused, by means of force, intimidation and threat, armed with a knife, forcibly...