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PEOPLE vs. Mario Fabro Y Arquiza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO FABRO Y ARQUIZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 104954 | 1994-12-18

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

On April 24, 1992, the Court of Appeals 1 affirmed the conviction of appellant MARIO FABRO Y ARQUIZA for the rape of private complainant, REBECCA SEGUANCIA. He now seeks his acquittal on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

In the Information, the prosecution detailed the commission of the rape by appellant, as follows:

"That on or about the 14th day of May, 1989, in Tamat, barangay Trenchera, municipality of Tayug, province of Pangasinan, New Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused (appellant...