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The People of the Philippines Vs. Felix Ortoa Y Obia

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus FELIX ORTOA y OBIA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 174484 | 2009-02-23

D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.

Before the Court on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated May 26, 2006 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01939 which affirmed, with modification, the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Mandaluyong City, Branch 212, in Criminal Case Nos. MC01-386-FC-H, MC01-387-FC-H and MC01-388-FC, finding appellant Felix Ortoa[2] y Obia guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of Rape and one count of Acts of Lasciviousness and sentencing him to suffer the penalties of Death and Reclusion Temporal, Medium, respectively.

The facts of the case are as follows:

AAA[3] is the eldest...