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People of the Phil. vs. Oligario Balonzo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus OLIGARIO BALONZO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176153 | 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 6 October 2006 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01295, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Oligario Balonzo," affirming, with modification, the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 61, in Criminal Case No. 7730-G, finding appellant Oligario Balonzo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of qualified rape committed against his own daughter, AAA.[3]

Appellant was charged with rape as defined and punished under Articles 266-A and 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 8353, in...