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PEOPLE vs Norly Librado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NORLY LIBRADO, appellant.

G.R. No. 141074 | 2003-10-16

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In this appeal from the 22 September 1999 Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Ligao, Albay, Branch 11, in Criminal Case No. 3767, we are, once again, called upon to apply the guiding principles in the review of a conviction for rape.

In an Information dated 25 April 1999, herein appellant Norly Librado was charged with the crime of Rape, as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659. The accusatory portion reads:

That on January 22, 1999 at about 5:00 o'clock in the morning, at Barangay Tagpo, Municipality of Ligao, Province of Albay,...