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People of the Philippines vs. Edwin Isla y Rossell

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus EDWIN ISLA Y ROSSELL, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 199875 | 2012-11-21

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION 
 
MENDOZA, J.: 
 
This is an appeal from the December 17, 2010 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 28761, which affirmed the April  26, 2004 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 98, Quezon City (RTC), finding  the  accused  guilty  beyond  reasonable  doubt  of the crimes of Rape and Frustrated Murder.
 
On July 25, 1997, two separate Informations for Frustrated Murder and Rape were filed before the RTC, docketed as Criminal Case Nos. Q-97-72078 and Q-97-72079, respectively. These informations read: 
 
Criminal...