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PEOPLE Vs. Artemio Gapasan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTEMIO GAPASAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 110812 | 1995-03-29

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Artemio Gapasan appeals from the judgment * of the trial court in Criminal Case No. 9192 finding him guilty of the crime of rape.

On 5 March 1991, an information 1 was filed charging Artemio Gapasan with the crime of rape, committed as follows:

"That on or about November 8, 1990 at around 12:00 o'clock noon, at the vicinity near the Lapuyan river, Municipality of Lapuyan, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, through force or intimidation and with the use of a bladed weapon or hunting knife, did then and there, wilfully,...