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Edwin Cabila Vs. People of the Phil.

EDWIN CABILA, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173491 | 2007-11-23

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The January 31, 2006 Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] which affirmed that of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 71 of Iba, Zambales[2] convicting petitioner, Edwin Cabila, of violation of Section 5(b), Article III of Republic Act (RA) No. 7610, "SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT," is before this Court on appeal.

The accusatory portion of the Information against petitioner reads:

That on or about the 7th day of August, 1998 at around 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon, in Sitio St. Joseph, Brgy. Namatacan, in the Municipality of San Narciso, Province...