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People of the Philippines vs. Federico Lucero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. FEDERICO LUCERO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188705 | 2011-03-02



FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:


Before this Court on appeal is the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00469-MIN dated December 17, 2008, which upheld the conviction of accused Federico Lucero in Criminal Case No. 10849, decided by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 30 in Tagum City on April 20, 2005.


Before the RTC, the accused was charged with the crime of Rape with Homicide in an Information dated July 31, 1997, which reads as follows:


That on or about June 7, 1997, in the Municipality of Tagum, Province of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named...