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People vs. XXX

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, XXX,* ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 236562 | 2020-09-22

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
For review is the Decision[1] dated July 17, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08135, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated February 9, 2016 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 94, Quezon City (RTC) in Criminal Case No. Q-159338, convicting accused-appellant XXX of the crime of statutory rape.

The facts are as follows:

In an Information, accused-appellant was charged with the crime of rape committed against his minor niece AAA,[3] viz.:
 
That sometime during the month of April 2000 at xxxxxxxxx, Philippines, the above named accused,...