Back

PEOPLE vs Freddie Fontanilla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FREDDIE FONTANILLA, appellant.

G.R. No. 147662-63 | 2003-08-15

D E C I S I O N



CARPIO-MORALES, J.:


On December 19, 2000, in Criminal Case Nos. U-10628 and U-10629, the Regional Trial Court of Urdaneta City, Branch 46, found appellant Freddie Fontanilla guilty of rape and imposed upon him the penalty of death.

The inculpatory portions of the two Informations[1] filed against appellant in June 2000 read as follows:

Criminal Case No. U-10628

That on or sometime in the month of November, 1999, at Brgy. Banuar, Laoac, Pangasinan, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, a stepfather and relative by affinity within the third civil degree of herein complainant, Methel...