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PEOPLE vs Esteban Cantila, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTEBAN CANTILA, JR. accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139458 | 2002-12-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] in Criminal Case No. 95-535 of the Regional Trial Court of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 23, finding accused-appellant ESTEBAN CANTILA, JR. guilty of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Appellant was charged in an Information dated August 30, 1995, as follows:

That on or about August 25, 1995 at about 10:30 o'clock in the evening, more or less, at Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously and by means of...