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PEOPLE vs Cipriano Radam, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CIPRIANO RADAM, JR., defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 138395-99 | 2002-07-18

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Fourteen-year old MA. ELENA O. DE GUZMAN charged accused CIPRIANO RADAM, JR., the common-law spouse of her mother, of ravishing her five (5) times successively in a span of six (6) hours. The five Informations[1] filed against him were similarly worded, thus:

"That on or about the 12th day of June 1995, between 10:00 o'clock in the evening to 4:00 o'clock in the morning, more or less, at Brgy. Binalayan, Maripipi, Biliran Province, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused Cipriano Radam, Jr., a step-father, taking advantage of his superior strength, did then and there...