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People vs. Umanito

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

G.R. No. 208648 | 2016-04-13

 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
This s an appeal from the Decision[1] dated 30 May 2013 of the Court of Appeals, Cagayan de Oro City in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00739-MIN affirming the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tacurong City, Branch 20, finding appellant Reynaldo Umanito guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Appellant was charged with rape in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads as follows:
 
That sometime on March, 2005 or prior thereto at Purok Rosas, Barangay San Jose, Municipality of President Quirino, Province of Sultan Kudarat,...