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People of the Philippines Vs. Adelado Anguac y Ragadao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ADELADO ANGUAC y RAGADAO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176744 | 2009-06-05

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision dated August 29, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02012 entitled People of the Philippines v. Adelado Anguac which affirmed with modification the Decision dated January 23, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 69 in Iba, Zambales in Criminal Case Nos. RTC 2756-I and RTC 2757-I. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Adelado Anguac of rape and violation of Section 5(a), Republic Act No. (RA) 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.

The records disclose the following facts:

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