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People of the Phil vs. Moriel Sancho Y De Pedro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MORIEL SANCHO y DE PEDRO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176528 | 2007-09-27

RESOLUTION
 

CARPIO, J.:

This is an appeal from the 5 July 2006 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00111. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, Kalibo, Aklan finding appellant Moriel Sancho y de Pedro guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape.

On 2 April 2003, appellant was charged with raping AAA, who was then alleged to be seven years old.

Appellant pleaded not guilty upon arraignment.

During the trial, it was proved that AAA was 8 years and 1 month old at the time of the incident. The trial court observed that AAA looked small and frail for her age. AAA testified that in the...