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PEOPLE vs Hernani Dichoson

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERNANI DICHOSON, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 118986-89 | 2001-02-19

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, Iloilo City, finding accused-appellant Hernani Dichoson guilty of one count of acts of lasciviousness and three counts of rape and sentencing him accordingly.

The information[2] for acts of lasciviousness alleged -

That [o]n or about the month of October 1981, in the Municipality of Dumangas, Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above-named accused did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously commit an act of lasciviousness upon the person of the undersigned, a minor, by then...