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People vs. Rodriguez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILLINGTON RODRIGUEZ Y HERMOSA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 211721 | 2017-09-20

DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
We resolve Willington Rodriguez y Hermosa's (Rodriguez) appeal assailing the 5 December 2013 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05335. The CA affirmed Rodriguez's conviction for qualified trafficking in persons, in violation of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.
 
THE FACTS

Rodriguez was charged before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 81 of Quezon City (RTC), in an information which reads:
 
That on or about the 8th day of August 2006, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, did then and there...