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People of the Philippines Vs. Lino Paldo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. LINO PALDO, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 200515 | 2013-12-11

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

For Our resolution is the appeal of accused-appellant Lino Paldo (Paldo) of the Decision1 dated June 23, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CAG. R. CR.-H.C. No. 04064, which affirmed with modification the Decision2 dated May 27, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Banaue, Ifugao, Branch 34, in Criminal Case No. 117, finding accused-appellant Lino Paldo guilty of raping AAA. 3

Paldo was charged through an Information4 filed before the RTC by the Office of the Provincial Prosecution of Ifugao on January 14, 2002, which reads:

That on the night of March 10, 2001...