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People of the Philippines Vs. Elmer Peralta y Hidalgo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ELMER PERALTA y HIDALGO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 187531 | 2009-10-16

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

For final review by the Court is the trial court's conviction of appellant Elmer Peralta y Hidalgo for statutory rape. In the November 27, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 02772, the appellate court, on intermediate review, affirmed in toto the February 13, 2007 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 30 of San Fernando City, La Union in Criminal Case No. 6789.

As found by both the trial and the appellate courts, the rape incident transpired during the wake of the victim's late grandmother. It was around 8 p.m. on January 2, 2005 when the victim, then a...