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People vs. Binevidez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. WELMO LINSIE Y BINEVIDEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 199494 | 2013-11-27

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Before this Court is an appeal from the Decision1 dated April 13, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04333, entitled People of the Philippines v. Welmo Linsie y Binevidez, which affirmed the Decision2 dated January 27, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Parañaque City, Branch 195 in Criminal Case No. 06-005.  The trial court convicted appellant Welmo Linsie y Binevidez of one count of the felony of simple rape as defined and penalized in Article 266-A, paragraph 1 in relation to Article 266-B, paragraph 2 of the Revised Penal Code, as...