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People vs. Deniega

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RODOLFO DENIEGA Y ESPINOSA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 212201 | 2017-06-28

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA,** J.:
 
Before the Court is an ordinary appeal filed by accused-appellant Rodolfo Deniega y Espinosa assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), dated September 27, 2013, in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 05348, which affirmed in toto the November 15, 2011 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Pedro, Laguna, Branch 31, in Criminal Case No. 6185-SPL, finding accused-appellant guilty of the crime of statutory rape and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole and ordering him to pay the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil...