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People of the Philippines Vs. Michael Lindo y Vergara

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MICHAEL LINDO y VERGARA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 189818 | 2010-08-09

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

Before this Court on appeal is the Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00283 dated April 25, 2008, which upheld the conviction of accused-appellant Michael Lindo y Vergara (Lindo) of the crime of rape, in Criminal Case No. 01-191273, decided by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 38 in Manila on June 28, 2004.

The facts of the case are as follows: AAA,[2] the private complainant, born on May 6, 1989, was 11 years old at the time, residing in San Andres Bukid, Malate, Manila, and accused-appellant Lindo was her neighbor.

On April 3, 2001, AAA attended a pabasa at a...