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PEOPLE Vs. Ireneo Tiwaken

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. IRENEO TIWAKEN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 92988 | 1992-09-09

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision * of the Regional Trial Court, First Judicial Region, Branch 35, Bontoc, Mt. Province in Criminal Case No. 645 entitled
"People of the Philippines v. Ireneo D. Tiwaken," finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua, and to indemnify the victim in the amount of P25,000.00.

The information 1 against the accused reads as follows:

"That at nighttime on or about August 25, 1984, at Tue, Tadian, Mt. Province, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused...