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People of the Philippines Vs. Jesus Paragas Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JESUS PARAGAS CRUZ, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 186129 | 2009-08-04

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated May 30, 2008 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01760, which affirmed the August 12, 2002 Decision in Criminal Case No. 99-329 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 259 in Parañaque City.

Accused-appellant Jesus Paragas Cruz was convicted of one (1) count of rape or violation of paragraph 1(a), Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, as amended. He was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Facts

The Information dated February 23, 1999 against Cruz alleged the following:

That on or about the 6th day of June...