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People vs. Ramirez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RICHARD RAMIREZ y TULUNGHARI, Accused-Appellant. Present: SERENO,* C.J., Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,** Acting Chairperson, DEL CASTILLO, TIJAM, and *** GESMUNDO, JJ.

G.R. No. 219863 | 2018-03-06

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Assailed in this appeal is the October 30, 2014 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05176 which affirmed the February 3, 2011 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 254, Las Piñas City, finding appellant Richard Ramirez y Tulunghari guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of rape and acts of lasciviousness.
 
The Antecedent Facts
 
Appellant was charged with the crime of rape in two separate Informations which read:
 
Criminal Case No. 07-0589
 
That sometime on...