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PEOPLE vs. Ricky dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. RICKY DELA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118458 | 1997-07-24

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Accused-appellant RICKY DELA CRUZ challenges the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Surigao City finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE, allegedly committed as follows:

That on July 26, 1993, at about 5:30 o'clock in the morning, in Sitio Eviota, Barangay Matingbe, San Jose, Surigao del Norte and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with the use of force and intimidation, by pointing a sharp-pointed bolo on the victim, under full freedom, intelligence and voluntariness and against the will and consent of the victim, did then and there wilfully,...