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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONNIE BUAT ALIAS DATU SINSUAT, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONNIE BUAT ALIAS DATU SINSUAT, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 206267 | 2015-03-25

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

Before us for review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00305-MIN dated 22 June 2012 which affirmed the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Pagadian City, Branch 21, in Criminal Case No. 2287 finding appellant Ronnie Buat alias Datu Sinsuat guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape.
 
Appellant was charged with rape in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That sometime on the 30th day of June 1996 at about 2:00 o'clock dawn, at Pagadian City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused...