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People of the Philippines vs. Castillo y Valencia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARLON CASTILLO Y VALENCIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 193666 | 2014-02-19

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

This an appeal from the Decision[1] dated April 23, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 02999 denying the appeal of the accused-appellant Marlon Castillo and affirming, with modification as to the award of damages, the Decision[2] dated April 11, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 86 in Criminal Case Nos. Q-03-119452 and Q-03-119453 which found the accused-appellant guilty of two counts of rape committed against his 12-year old daughter.

The Informations filed against the accused-appellant read:

A. Criminal Case No. Q-03-119452

That sometime during...