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People of the Philippines vs. Oscar Arango y Alegre.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus OSCAR ARANGO y ALEGRE, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 168442 (Formerly G.R. No. 156676) | 2006-08-30

 

D E C I S I O N

 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Assailed before Us are the decision[1] dated 30 November 2004 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 00010 which affirmed the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Camarines Sur, Branch 63, convicting accused-appellant Oscar A. Arango of the crime of Statutory Rape, and its resolution[3] dated 1 March 2005 denying accused-appellant's motion for reconsideration.

An Information dated 27 August 2001 was filed in court charging accused-appellant with raping Ginalyn B. Valdez. The crime was alleged to have been committed as follows:

That on or about 10:00 A.M. of December 25, 2000, in...