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People of the Philippines Vs. Heracleo Abello y Fortada

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus HERACLEO ABELLO Y FORTADA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 151952 | 2009-03-25

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We review in this appeal the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 23746,[1] which affirmed with modification the joint decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 170, Malabon City, in Criminal Case Nos. 19623-MN, 19624-MN and 19625-MN.[2]

Appellant Heracleo Abello y Fortada (Abello) stands convicted of one (1) count of violation of paragraph 2, Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended;[3] and two (2) counts of violation of sexual abuse under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7610 (Child Abuse Law). For these crimes, he was sentenced to suffer imprisonment of twelve (12) years of...