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People of the Philippines Vs. Bernabe Pareja y Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BERNABE PAREJA y CRUZ, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 202122 | 2014-01-15

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

The accused-appellant Bernabe Pareja y Cruz (Pareja) is appealing the January 19, 2012 Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 03794, which affirmed in toto the conviction for Rape and Acts of Lasciviousness meted out by Branch 113, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasay City in Criminal Case Nos. 04-1556-CFM and 04-1557-CFM.2

On May 5, 2004, Pareja was charged with two counts of Rape and one Attempted Rape. The Informations for the three charges read as follows:

I. For the two counts of Rape:

Criminal Case No. 04-15 5 6-CFM

That on or about and sometime in the month of February,...