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The People of the Philippines Vs. Quirino Cabral y Valencia

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus QUIRINO CABRAL y VALENCIA, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 179946 | 2009-12-23

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming with modification the decision of the Regional Trial Court[2] (RTC) finding Quirino Cabral y Valencia (accused-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of qualified rape committed against his minor daughter (complainant).

The Antecedents

The accused-appellant was charged with five (5) counts of rape committed within the period December 1995 to November 21, 1998 against the complainant who was only 10 to 13 years old at the time. The rape incidents all happened under the following circumstances: (a) the rapes...