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People vs. Bejim

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. NOEL BEJIM Y ROMERO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 208835 | 2018-01-19

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the September 25, 2012 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05010 affirming with modification the December 9, 2010 Consolidated Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 9, La Trinidad, Benguet, finding appellant Noel Bejim y Romero guilty of seven counts of rape.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
On February 19, 2007, appellant was charged before the RTC of La Trinidad, Benguet, with seven counts of statutory rape under seven separate Informations, viz.:
 
Criminal Case No. 07-CR-6765
 
That sometime in the first week of...