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PEOPLE vs Moises Manrique

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MOISES MANRIQUE Y BALLENA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139314 | 2002-06-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] in Criminal Case No. 98-7113, promulgated on March 3, 1999, by the Regional Trial Court, of Naga City, Branch 25, finding accused-appellant MOISES MANRIQUE Y BALLENA guilty beyond reasonable doubt of statutory rape, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information against him reads as follows:

That sometime in the morning of the 8th day of March 1998 at San Jose East, Canaman, Camarines Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, did then and there, with lewd design, unlawfully, wilfully and...