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People vs. Pacayra

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILFREDO PACAYRA Y MABUTOL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT,

G.R. No. 216987 | 2017-06-05

DECISION
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
Accused-appellant Wilfredo Pacayra y Mabutol challenges in this appeal the September 30, 2014 Decision[1]promulgated by the Court of Appeals (CA), Special Eighteenth Division in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 01534, which affirmed the judgment of conviction for four counts of Rape rendered against the accused-appellant on August 24, 2012[2] by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 33 of Calbiga, Samar in Criminal Case Nos. CC-2006-1609, CC-2006-1610, CC-2006-1611, and CC-2006-1612.

The accused-appellant was charged with four counts of Rape under  separate Informations, the accusatory portions of which read:
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