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PEOPLE vs Francisco Baniqued

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO BANIQUED, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130653 & G.R. No. 139384 | 2001-12-11

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Francisco Baniqued was charged with the crime of rape, on two counts, before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 65, of Tarlac, Tarlac, in separate criminal complaints, both dated 11 November 1996, which read:

In Criminal Case No. 9400 -

"The undersigned Arlene Baniqued, 15 years old, represented at this instance by the DSWD, after the necessary preliminary investigation conducted by Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Aladin C. Bermudez, Jr. in accordance with the Rules on Criminal Procedure, accuses her own father, Francisco Baniqued, a resident of Abagon, Gerona, Tarlac, with a crime of Rape, committed as...