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People vs. Castillo y De Vera

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. RUBEN[*] CASTILLO Y DE VERA AND MARILYN CASTILLO Y BRUMELA, ACCUSED, RUBEN CASTILLO Y DE VERA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 242276 | 2020-02-18

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N
 
J. REYES, JR., J.:
 
This is an appeal from the May 15, 2018 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 08643 which affirmed with modification the July 22, 2016 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 94, Quezon City (RTC) in Criminal Case No. R-QZN-14-02382-CR finding Ruben Castillo y De Vera[3] (accused-appellant) guilty of rape under Article 266-A, paragraph 1(a) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended.
 
The Facts
 
In the Information dated September 16, 2013, accused-appellant and his wife, Marilyn Castillo y Brumela (Marilyn) were charged with rape...