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PEOPLE vs Joselito Pascua

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JOSELITO PASCUA y TEOPE, appellant.

G.R. No. 151858 | 2003-11-27

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Appellant Joselito Pascua y Teope was charged before the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 32 in Criminal Case No. 12575-SP(00) with the crime of rape in an information[1] which reads:

That sometime in the month of August, 2000, in the City of San Pablo, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused above-named, with lewd design and by means of force and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of one ALMA AGAPAY, against her will and consent.

The mental disability of the victim shall be...