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PEOPLE vs. Eduardo Taton

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO "EDWIN" TATON, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 122757-61 | 1997-11-28

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

Accused-appellant EDUARDO "Edwin" TATON appealed from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of five (5) counts of rape.

Except as to the date of commission of the crime, the five (5) Complaints 1 for rape filed by 13-year old MA. LOURDES PADIN against accused-appellant, were similarly worded as follows:

"That on or about January 19, 1992 (January 26, February 9, February 23, and March 1, all of 1992) in the Municipality of Tubungan, Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed...