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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. JADE CUAYCONG Y REMONQUILLO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. JADE CUAYCONG Y REMONQUILLO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 196051 | 2013-10-02

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Before Us is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated November 25, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 03619, entitled People of the Philippines v. Jade Cuaycong y Remonquillo, which affirmed with modification the Joint Decision[2] dated July 25, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas City, Branch 254 in Criminal Case Nos. 02-0575 and 02-0576. The trial court found appellant Jade Cuaycong y Remonquillo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of two counts of statutory rape as defined and penalized under Article 266-A, paragraph 1, in relation to...