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People of the Philippines Vs. Manuel Tolentino y Catacutan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MANUEL TOLENTINO y CATACUTAN, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 187740 | 2013-04-10

SECOND DIVISION 

DECISION 

PEREZ,J.:

For consideration is an appeal by appellant Manuel" Tolentino y Catacutan from the Decision1 dated 28 November 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02505, affirming with modification the 15 September 2006 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 13, which found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape. 

On 26 April 2000, appellant was charged in an Information which reads as follows: 

That on or about the 20th day of January, 2000, in the municipality of Baliuag, province of Bulacan,...