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People vs. Mariano Ofemiano alias Maning

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARIANO OFEMIANO alias Maning, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 187155 | 2010-02-01

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the November 10, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01356 entitled People of the Philippines v. Mariano Ofemiano which affirmed the July 17, 2000 Decision[2] in Criminal Case No. 9659-B of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25 in Biñan, Laguna. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Mariano Ofemiano of rape.

The Facts

AAA[3] is BBB's eldest daughter. When BBB separated from her husband, she left her three children in the care of her mother in Bicol province. In March 1995, however, BBB fetched AAA[4] and brought her to Caloocan City...