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People vs. Bandoquillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROMULO BANDOQUILLO Y OPALDA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 218913 | 2018-02-07

R E S O L U T I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Assailed in this appeal is the July 21, 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 05891 which affirmed with modification the August 31, 2012 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 55, Irosin, Sorsogon, finding appellant Romulo Bandoquillo y Opalda guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape.

The Antecedent Facts

Appellant was charged for the crime of rape in an Information[3] dated March 10, 2004 which reads:
 
That on or about early in the morning of December 27, 2003, x x x Province of Sorsogon, Philippines and within the...