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PEOPLE vs Raul Pulanco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RAUL S. PULANCO, appellant.

G.R. No. 141186 | 2003-11-27

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated October 4, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 79, Morong, Rizal, in Criminal Case No. 2996-M, convicting appellant Raul S. Pulanco of rape as defined and penalized under Articles 266-A and 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

The accusatory portion of the information against appellant Pulanco read as follows:

That on or about the 11th day of March 1998, in the Municipality of Tanay, Province of Rizal, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused while armed with a deadly...