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People of the Philippines Vs. Joey Bacatan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JOEY BACATAN, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 203315 | 2013-09-18

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

REYES, J.:

For review1 is the Decision2 dated January 28, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-CR.-H.C. No. 00635 which affirmed the Decision3 dated June 20, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 18, convicting and sentencing accused-appellant Joey Bacatan (Bacatan) to reclusion perpetua for the crime of rape.

The Facts

On January 19, 1998, Bacatan and Danilo Mabano (Mabano) were having a drinking spree outside the house of 18-year old private complainant, AAA4. Mabano is the childhood friend of AAA’s brother, a neighbor and family friend. Bacatan, on the other hand, was a stranger...