q- Could you still recall the time?
a- 12:00 noon.
q- Now, please tell this Honorable Court what happened to you on that date and
time?
a- He pursue the same act against my person on the process as before [sic].
q- What action did you do, if any, for the third time that the accused made [sic]?
a- He always warned me.[26]
Likewise, with respect to Criminal Case No. FC-00-784 (April 19, 2004), “AAA"
testified as follows:
q- Aside from the April 10, April 12 and then April 14, 2004 [incidents,] was there
any other incident that happened to you?
a- April 19, 7:00 a.m.
q- What year?
a- 2004.
q- Can you still recall the incident x x x?
a- Yes.
q- And please tell this Honorable Court the place of the incident?
a- The same situation, in the grassy area he performed the same acts against my
person.
q- Will you please tell this court what did you do when the incident happened?
a- He always poke[d] a knife that's why I [did not] inform my parents about it.[27]
"AAA's" bare statements that appellant repeated what he had done on her
previously were not enough to establish beyond reasonable doubt the incidents
subject of Criminal Case Nos. FC-00-781, FC-00-784 and FC-00-785. Said
declarations were mere general conclusions. The prosecution must endeavor to
present in detailed fashion the manner by which each of the crimes was committed.
"[E]very charge of rape is a separate and distinct crime and each must be proved
beyond reasonable doubt."[28] There is no reason why the foregoing principle should
not be applied in the aforementioned cases. Prescinding therefrom, appellant
should be acquitted in these cases.