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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,vs.ARNEL MANJARES, Accused-Appeellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ARNEL MANJARES, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 185844 | 2011-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated December 21, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 02368, entitled People of the Philippines v. Arnel Manjares, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] dated April 6, 2006 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Labo, Camarines Norte, Branch 64, in Criminal Case Nos. 00-0488 to 0495, 00-0497 to 0512, 0571, 0590 and 0653.  The trial court found appellant Arnel Manjares guilty beyond reasonable doubt of twenty-seven (27) counts of the crime of rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised...