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People of the Philippines Vs. Bienvenido Lazaro @ Bening

People of the Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus Bienvenido Lazaro @ Bening, Accused -Appeellant.

G.R. No. 186379 | 2009-08-19

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] dated 14 August 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 02381, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Odiongan, Romblon, Branch 82, finding appellant Bienvenido Lazaro alias Benny (Bienvenido) guilty of the crime of rape in Criminal Case No. OD-875.

Bienvenido was charged before the RTC with the complex crime of Forcible Abduction with Rape. The accusatory portion of the Complaint reads:

That on or about the 31st day of August, 1995 at around 6:00 o'clock in the morning, in Barangay XXX, Municipality of Odiongan,...