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People of the Phil. vs. Sonny Rentoria Y Velasco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SONNY RENTORIA y VELASCO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 175333 | 2007-09-21

D E C I S I O N
 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals promulgated on 20 April 2006 in CA-G.R. CR. HC. No. 01415 entitled, "People of the Philippines v. Sonny Rentoria," affirming, with modification, the Judgment[2] dated 18 March 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 61, Gumaca, Quezon, in Criminal Case No. 6467-G.

Accused-appellant Sonny Rentoria y Velasco prays for the reversal of the appellate court's decision finding him "guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Statutory Rape under Articles 266-A and 266-B of (the) Revised Penal Code as amended by R.A. 8353 x x...