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People vs. Edwin Dagsa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDWIN DAGSA Y BANTAS @ "WING WING," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 219889 | 2018-01-29

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before the Court is an ordinary appeal filed by accused-appellant Edwin Dagsa y Bantas @ "Wing Wing" assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), promulgated on August 29, 2014, in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 06087, which affirmed, with modification, the September 21, 2012 Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of La Trinidad, Benguet, Branch 9, in Criminal Case No. 04-CR-5629, finding accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape.

The antecedents are as follows:

On October 11, 2004, the victim, AAA, a young girl who was then four (4) years old, was walking...