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People of the Philippines Vs. Sergio Lagarde

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SERGIO LAGARDE, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182549 | 2009-01-20

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

In this appeal, accused-appellant Sergio Lagarde seeks to reverse the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated March 7, 2007[1] in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00069, affirming the judgment of conviction for rape handed down by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 13 in Carigara, Leyte on April 24, 2003[2] in Criminal Case No. 4132.

The Facts

Accused-appellant was charged with rape in an information dated March 1, 2002 which reads:

That on or about the 27th day of December, 2001, in the municipality of San Miguel, Province of Leyte, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court, the...