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People of the Philippines vs. Roberto Garbida

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROBERTO GARBIDA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188569 | 2010-07-13

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

Before this Court on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02563 dated March 19, 2009, which upheld the conviction of accused-appellant Roberto Garbida in Criminal Case Nos. 1230-1236, decided by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Irosin, Sorsogon, Branch 55 on July 10, 2006.

The facts of the case are as follows: The victim, hereafter referred to as AAA,[2] is the stepdaughter of accused-appellant Roberto Garbida. AAA's biological father and mother separated after the birth of AAA and another child. In 1990, AAA's mother married Garbida and had children of their...