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People vs. Castanas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ELPEDIO CASTAÑAS Y ESPINOSA ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 192428 | 2016-04-20

D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
Before us for review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, Nineteenth Division in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00014 dated 31 March 2009, which dismissed the appeal of appellant Elpedio Castañas y Espinosa and affirmed with modification the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Naval, Biliran, Branch 16, in Criminal Case No. N-2295, finding appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Statutory Rape.

In line with the ruling of this Court in People v. Cabalquinto,[3] the real name and identity of the rape victim, as well as the members of her immediate family,...