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People of the Philippines Vs. Joseph Fabito

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOSEPH FABITO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 179933 | 2009-04-16

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

This is an appeal from the June 29, 2007 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00006.[1] The CA affirmed the February 12, 2001 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 43, Dagupan City,[2] finding the appellant Joseph Fabito (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

THE CASE

The prosecution charged three individuals - the appellant, Froilan Paraan (Froilan) and Tony Bauzon (Tony) - before the RTC with the crime of rape under an Information that states:

That on or about December 8, 1999 at...