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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GABRIEL DUCAY Y BALAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GABRIEL DUCAY Y BALAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 209590 | 2014-11-19

THIRD DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

REYES, J.:

For review is the Decision1 dated June 7, 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00792-MIN, which affirmed with modification the Judgment2 dated November 11, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 37, in Criminal Case No. 2001-279, finding accused-appellant Gabriel Ducay y Balan (accused-appellant) guilty of Rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusión perpetua.
 
The criminal information that spawned the herein proceedings and to which the accused-appellant pleaded "Not Guilty" read as follows:

That...