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People vs. Ursua

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. FRANCIS URSUA y BERNAL, Accused-Appellant Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson, PERALTA, PERLAS-BERNABE, CAGUIOA, and REYES, JJ.

G.R. No. 218575 | 2017-10-04

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION 
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the July 17, 2014 Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06105, which affirmed with modification the November 22, 2012 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 261, Pasig City, convicting accused-appellant Francis Ursua y Bernal (Ursua) of qualified rape and acts of lasciviousness. 
 
AAA was born on January 16, 19923 and is accused-appellant Ursua's biological daughter. Together with her father and elder brother, BBB, she lived in a small house with one room,...