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PEOPLE vs Banares

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JULIAN BA?ARES y BESMONTE, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 127491 | 2004-05-28

DECISION



AZCUNA, J.:

This Court is once again called upon to apply the guiding principles in the review of a conviction for rape in this appeal from the Decision dated May 16, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tabaco, Albay, Branch 16, in Criminal Case No. T-2397.



In an Information dated May 6, 1993, appellant herein Julian Bañares y Besmonte was charged with the crime of rape, as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code. The accusatory portion reads:



That on or about the 25th day of April, 1992 at Barangay Bonga, Municipality of Bacacay, Province of Albay, Philippines and within the...