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People vs. Pader

PEOPLE OF THE PIDLIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AUGUSTO GONZALES ESMENIO PADER, JR., AND MARCELO ANTONIO, ACCUSED, MARCELO ANTONIO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 223113 | 2018-02-19

R E S O L U T I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
On appeal is the March 13,2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04791 finding appellant Marcelo Antonio (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Factual Antecedents

Appellant, along with accused Augusto Gonzales (Augusto) and Esmenio Pader, Jr. (Esmenio), was charged with rape in an h1formation which reads:
 
That on or about the 13th day of December 1999, at about 8:00 o'clock in the evening, x x x Province of Zambales, Philippines, and within the...