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People of the Philippines Vs. Lito Macapanas y Ecija

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LITO MACAPANAS y ECIJA, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 187049 | 2010-05-04

DECISION


VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

For review is the Decision[1] dated November 24, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00222 which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Branch 3, finding appellant Lito E. Macapanas guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

On February 1, 2000, an Information was filed charging appellant of the crime of rape. The Information reads,

That on or about the 7th day of December, 1999, at about 7:30 o'clock in the morning, in between Brgy. XXX and Brgy. YYY, Salcedo, Eastern Samar, Philippines, and...