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People vs. Fruelda y Anulao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WODIE FRUELDA Y ANULAO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 242690 | 2020-09-03

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
This is an appeal from the Decision dated May 29, 2018[1] rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08996, which affirmed with modification the Decision dated August 31, 2016[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pallocan West, Batangas City, Branch 8, finding accused-appellant Wodie Fruelda y Anulao (Fruelda) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape under Article 266-A, paragraph 1 (b) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
 
The Facts

An Information[3] was filed against Fruelda for the crime of rape, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about...