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PEOPLE vs Claudio Dela Pena

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CLAUDIO DELA PENA y BORDOMEO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 138358-59 | 2001-11-19

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Accused-appellant Claudio dela Peña was charged by his daughter Mary dela Peña with two (2) counts of rape in two separate Informations which read as follows:

Criminal Case No. 4449-96:

That on or about the 25th day of February 1996, at Barangay Burol I, Municipality of Dasmariñas, Province of Cavite and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd designs, by means of force, violence and intimidation and taking advantage of his superior strength over the person of his own daughter, Mary dela Peña, and without the latter's consent and against her will, did, then and...