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People vs. Salaver

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, Vs. BENJAMIN SALAVER y LUZON, Accused-Appellant. Present: PERALTA, Acting Chairperson,* DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE,** TIJAM, and GESMUNDO, *** JJ

G.R. No. 223681 | 2018-08-20

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
On appeal is the May 19, 2014 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05478 affirming the August 24, 2011 Joint Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 40, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, finding Benjamin Salaver y Luzon (appellant) guilty of three counts of qualified rape.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
Appellant charged with the crime of rape in three separate Informations which read:
 
In Criminal Case No. CR-06-8596:
 
That on or about the 19th day of July 2006, at around 5:00 o'clock in...