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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CARLITO ESPENILLA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CARLITO ESPENILLA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 192253 | 2013-09-18

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

The present case is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated February 25, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01830, entitled People of the Philippines v. Carlito Espenilla, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated March 3, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Masbate City, Branch 44 in Criminal Case No. 9115. The trial court found appellant Carlito Espenilla guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of simple rape as defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code.
 
As stated in the Information[3] dated March 30, 1999, the aforementioned crime...