Facts: The victim, Jenny Narido, 11 years of age, testified that sometime in December 1996, she was raped by her father, herein accused while she was gathering firewood. She narrated that she was molested six times on various occasions. Based on her testimony, the accused was charged and convicted of the crime of rape. On appeal, the accused invoked due process as he was allegedly deprived of his right to be informed of the exact dates of the crime as alleged in the information.
Issue: Whether the dates of the commission of rape should be alleged with precision in the information.
Held: The date is not an essential element of rape for the gravamen of the offense is carnal knowledge of a woman. The precise time of the crime has no substantial bearing on its commission and as such, it need not be alleged in the information with ultimate precision.
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