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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NESTOR SUAREZ Y MAGTAGNOB, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NESTOR SUAREZ Y MAGTAGNOB, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 201151 | 2015-01-14

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated 23 September 2011, affirming with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 43 of Virac, Catanduanes, dated 25 February 2010, finding appellant Nestor Suarez y Magtagnob guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape.
 
In an Information dated 28 July 2009, appellant was indicted before the RTC for the rape of his minor niece. The accusatory portion of the Information reads:

That on or about [21 December 2008] at Barangay XXX, XXX, XXX, Catanduanes, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this...