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People vs Mateo 433 SCRA 640

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus EFREN MATEO y GARCIA, Appeellant

G.R. Nos. 147678-87 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

On 30 October 1996, ten (10) informations, one for each count of rape, allegedly committed on ten different dates - 07 October 1995, 14 December 1995, 05 January 1996, 12 January 1996, 29 February 1996, 08 May 1996, 02 July 1996, 18 July 1996, 16 August 1996 and 28 August 1996 - were filed against appellant EFREN MATEO. Except for the variance in dates, the ten informations, later docketed Criminal Cases No. 9351 to No. 9360, inclusive, in the Regional Trial Court of Tarlac, uniformly read -

"The undersigned OIC Provincial Prosecutor upon preliminary investigation conducted by the MTC, Tarlac, Tarlac, Branch 1,...