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PEOPLE Vs. Eduardo L. Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO DELA CRUZ Y LAOANG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 108180 | 1994-02-08

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The accused-appellant was charged with the crime of rape with homicide in Criminal Case No. L-4227 of Branch 37 of the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan, in an information 1 dated 25 April 1990, the accusatory portion of which reads as follows:

"That on or about the 19th day of March, 1990 in the early morning, in barangay Pogomboa, municipality of Aguilar, province of Pangasinan, New Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, taking advantage of the nighttime and of the uninhabited place, with the use of force and violence...