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People vs. Palotes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JERRY C. PALOTES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 209786 | 2015-07-06

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
The Court decides the appeal filed by the accused-appellant Jerry C. Palotes from the Decision[1] dated June 28, 2013 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB-CR.-H.C. No. 01301, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2]dated February 10, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 14, in Criminal Case No. CBU-78851. The trial court adjudged the accused-appellant guilty of one count of rape.

On January 5, 2007, the prosecution charged the accused-appellant of committing rape against AAA[3] in the following manner:
 
That on or about July, 2005 and for sometime prior...