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People of the Philippines vs. Meliton Jalbuena y Tadiosa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MELITON JALBUENA y TADIOSA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 171163 | 2007-07-04

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CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Accused-appellant Meliton Jalbuena y Tadiosa was charged with rape of a daughter, a minor,[1] in an Information, docketed as Criminal Case No. 96-601 before the Lucena City Regional Trial Court, which reads:


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That on or about the month of August 1996, at Barangay Ilayang Nangka, in the Municipality of Tayabas, Province of Quezon, Philippines[,] and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with lewd design, by means of force, threats and intimidation, did then and there[,] willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of one [AAA], his own daughter,...