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People vs. Alberca

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALBERTO FORTUNA ALBERCA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 217459 | 2017-06-07

DECISION
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
Questioned in this appeal is the Decision[1] dated July 16, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01071, which sustained accused-appellant's conviction for two counts of Qualified Rape by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25 in Maasin City, Southern Leyte, in its Decision[2] dated June 15, 2009 in Criminal Case Nos. 2304 and 2305.
The Factual and Procedural Antecedents


In two separate Amended Informations, accused-appellant was charged with Qualified Rape in this manner, viz.:
 
In Criminal Case No. 2304

That on or about the 7th day of September 2000 at 1:00...