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People of the Phil. vs. Roger Durano.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ROGER DURANO, Appeellant

G.R. No. 175316 | 2007-03-28

DECISION
 


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us for review is the Decision[1] dated April 28, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00204-MIN affirming the Judgment[2] rendered by Branch 17 of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City convicting the appellant of two counts of rape.

On July 9, 1999, appellant was charged with four counts of rape and one count of robbery[3] docketed as Crim. Case Nos. 43505-99 to 43509-99. He was acquitted of two counts of rape in Criminal Case Nos. 43507-99 and 43508-99 for insufficiency of evidence, and of robbery in Crim. Case No. 43509-99. However, he was convicted of two counts of rape in...