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People of the Philippines Vs. Felix Wasit

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus FELIX WASIT,Accused-Appeellant.

G.R .No. 182454 | 2009-07-23

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision dated September 27, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01451, which affirmed the May 22, 2000 Decision in Criminal Case No. 1098 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 37 in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya. The RTC found accussed-appellant Felix Wasit guilty beyond reasonable of the crime of rape.

The Facts

In an Information dated August 18, 1998, Wasit was charged with rape committed as follows:

That in the early morning of November 5, 1997, at Barangay [XXX], Municipality of Kayapa, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines and within the...