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People of the Philippines vs. Patricio Taguibuya

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

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

FIRST DIVISION

RESOLUTION
 
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 minor and his own daughter.”[3] In the second instance of rape (Criminal Case No. 2546), which took place on March 15, 2000 and in “the month of May 1998 up to and including March 2000,” he allegedly...