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PEOPLE vs Dequito

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. IRENEO DEQUITO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132544 | 2000-05-12

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

The Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon1 [Branch 61, Presided by Judge Proceso K. De Gala.] convicted2 [In Criminal Case No. 5434-G.] Ireneo Dequito of rape under an information which averred:

"That on or about the month of July 1996, at Barangay Montes Balaon, in the Municipality of Atimonan, Province of Quezon, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd design, by means of force, threats, violence and intimidation, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of one Analiza A. Pidoc, a minor, 15 years of age, against...