Back

People vs. Buca

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOEL "ANJOY" BUCA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 209587 | 2015-09-23

D E C I S I O N

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

On appeal is the June 17, 2013 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00888-MIN convicting accused-appellant Joel "Anjoy" Buca of the crime of rape.

We state the antecedents as summarized by the CA[2]:

On December 24, 2002 at around 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon AAA,[3] a seven (7) year old girl, together with her younger siblings CCC, DDD and EEE were in their house at Taal 2, Royal Valley, Bangkal, Davao City. Accused-appellant Joel "Anjoy" Buca (Anjoy for brevity), a neighbor of their family, entered the house and ordered AAA's siblings to go to another...