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People of the Philippines Vs. Nido Garte

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus NIDO GARTE, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176152 | 2008-11-25

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Nido Garte (appellant) was charged and convicted of four counts of rape of AAA, his 17 year old daughter, by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 89, Quezon City by Joint Decision of May 19, 2005[1] which was affirmed with modification by the Court of Appeals.

The Amended Informations against appellant read:

Criminal Case No. Q-01-106123

That on or about the first week of April[,] 2001[,] in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused with force and intimidation did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously commit acts of sexual assault upon the person of one [AAA][,] his own...