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PEOPLE vs Roberto Segovia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO SEGOVIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 138974 | 2002-09-19

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us is an appeal of the Decision[1] dated July 10, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 22, in Criminal Case No. 32713, finding accused-appellant Roberto Segovia guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Accused-appellant was charged with rape in an Information which reads as follows:

That on or about 22nd day of November 1987 in the Municipality of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, Iloilo, Phils., and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused armed with a knife, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously,...