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People of the Philippines Vs. Briccio Baculanta

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BRICCIO BACULANTA, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 207513 | 2014-06-16

FIRST DIVISION
 
RESOLUTION

REYES, J.:
 
This resolves the appeal from the Decision1 dated June 28, 2012 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-CR HC No. 00717, which affirmed with modification the Decision2 dated March 2, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Carigara, Leyte, Branch 36, in Criminal Case No. 4531 finding Briccio Baculanta (accused-appellant) guilty of the crime of Rape.

The accused-appellant was indicted before the R TC for the crime of rape via an information that reads:
 
That on or about the 27th of February, 2005 in the [M]unicipality of Capoocan, Province of Leyte,...