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People vs. XXX

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. XXX[1], ACCUSED-APPELLANT

G.R. No. 218277 | 2020-11-09

THIRD DIVISION
 

D E C I S I O N
 
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
This appeal assails the June 26, 2014 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR. CR-HC No. 05315, which affirmed the November 11, 2011 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Quezon City, Branch 106, in Crim. Case No. Q-08-151411, finding accused-appellant XXX (accused-appellant) guilty of Statutory Rape.
 
The Antecedents

In an Information4 dated March 26, 2008, accused-appellant was charged with Statutory Rape, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about the 22nd day of March 2008, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused,...