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People vs. Balmes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. QUIRINO BALMES Y CLEOFE, APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 203458 | 2016-06-06

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
On appeal is the February 6, 2012 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04148, which affirmed with modification the May 7, 2009 Joint Decision[2] of Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 40, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, in Criminal Cases No. C-03-7163 to C-03-7165, convicting appellant Quirino Balmes y Cleofe of three (3) counts of rape committed against his daughter, AAA.

On January 20, 2003, three (3) separate Informations were filed charging appellant Quirino as follows:
 
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That sometime in the month of July 1992, at Barangay Sto. Niño,...