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People vs. Obico

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ATILANO AGATON Y OBICO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 251631 | 2020-08-27

FIRST DIVISION
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
Before us is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated August 20, 2019 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB CR. HC No. 02949, affirming with modification the Decision[2] dated April 18, 2018 of the Regional Trial Court of Tacloban City in Criminal Case No. 2001-12-773, finding accused­-appellant Atilano Agaton y Obico guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of Robbery with Rape.

This Court notes that in People v. Evangelio, et al.,[3] whose factual antecedents are identical to those of the case at bench, we affirmed the Decision...