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PEOPLE vs. Danilo Pacistol

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANILO PACISTOL y LIM, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 119074-75 | 1998-01-22

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J:

In two separate complaints, both dated 27 July 1993, Danilo Pacistol y Lim, alias "Danny Pilay," was accused of rape by 10-year old Marilou H. Montalbo, assisted by her grandfather, Gaudencio M. Hinay, one complaint being docketed as Criminal Case No. 2265, and the other as Criminal Case No. 2266. The information in Criminal Case No. 2265, read -

"That on or about the 2nd day of July 1993 in the Municipality of San Mateo, Province of Rizal, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs and by means of force and intimidation, did then and there...