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People vs. Arceo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REYNALDO SIMBULAN ARCEO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 208842 | 2015-11-10

D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
Before us for review is the Decision[1] dated 12 March 2013 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04544 which affirmed the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Angeles City, Pampanga, Branch 60, in Criminal Case No. 00-871, finding accused-appellant Reynaldo Simbulan Arceo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape.

Accused-appellant was charged with rape in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about the 22nd day of July 2000, in the [M]unicipality of Magalang, [P]rovince of Pampanga, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction...