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People vs. Napoles

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NOMERTO NAPOLES Y BAJAS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 215200 | 2017-07-26

R E S O L U T I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated March 19, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05565 affirming the Decision[2] dated February 9, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Labo, Camarines Norte, Branch 64, in Criminal Case Nos. 02-0881, 03-1029 to 03-1033, finding Nomerto Napoles y Bajas (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape (six counts).

Version of the Prosecution

"AAA" was 19 years old when her stepfather, herein appellant, began raping her in November 2000. Appellant raped "AAA" six times, once every month, from...