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People vs. Simeon Suyat Y. Jose.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SIMEON SUYAT y JOSE, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 173484 | 2007-03-22

D E C I S I O N
 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 00997, which affirmed the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Urdaneta City, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. U-12563 entitled, "People of the Philippines v. Simeon Suyat y Jose."

The prosecution charged accused-appellant with the crime of rape in an Information the accusatory portion of which reads:


The undersigned accuses SIMEON J. SUYAT of the crime of RAPE, committed as follows:

That on or about 7:00 o'clock in the evening of May 7, 2003 at Brgy. Baro, Pangasinan and within the jurisdiction of this...