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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. PATRICIO TAGUIBUYA, Accused-Appeellant.

People of the Philippines vs. Patricio Taguibuya

G.R. No. 180497 | 2011-10-05



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


FIRST DIVISION


G.R. No. 180497               October 5, 2011


PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

PATRICIO TAGUIBUYA, Accused-Appellant.


R E S O L U T I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:


The accused was charged with two counts of rape and a violation of Republic Act No. 7610,1 committed against his own daughter, AAA,2 then a minor. In the first instance of rape (Criminal Case No. 2545), committed in the month of May 1998, the accused allegedly forced AAA to have sexual intercourse when she was cleaning the rice fields; she was then alleged to be "a 15 year old...