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People v. Gahi

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MERVIN GAHI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 202976 | 2014-02-19

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

This is an appeal from a Decision[1] dated August 31, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB-CR.-H.C. No. 00335, entitled People of the Philippines v. Mervin Gahi, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated April 22, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court of Carigara, Leyte, Branch 13 in Criminal Case Nos. 4202 and 4203. The trial court convicted appellant Mervin Gahi of two counts of rape defined under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code.

The accusatory portions of the two criminal Informations, both dated October 9, 2002, each charging appellant with one count of rape are reproduced...