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People of the Philippines Vs. Efren Custodio Y Esteban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus EFREN CUSTODIO y ESTEBAN, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176062 | 2008-07-04

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On appeal is the March 31, 2006 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR CR-HC No. 01756 which affirmed with modification the September 27, 2000 Decision[2] of Branch 21 of the Regional Trial Court in Malolos, Bulacan finding appellant guilty of three counts of simple rape in Crim. Case Nos. 333-M-2000, 334-M-2000, and 335-M-2000.

Except for the dates of commission of the three offenses charged - November 5, 1999, November 6, 1999 and November 7, 1999, the three Informations[3] uniformly read as follows:

That on or about the __th day of November, 1999, in the [M]unicipality of Plaridel,...