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People vs. XXX

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

G.R. No. 260639 | 2023-03-29

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
On appeal[2] is the September 15, 2020 Decision[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 11630 which affirmed the July 21, 2018 Decision[4] of Regional Trial Court (RTC) of xxxxxxxxxxx,[5] Branch 9 in Criminal Case No. 14-306468. The lower courts found accused-appellant XXX guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4 (a) and (e) in relation to Sec. 6 (a) and (c) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9208,[6] otherwise known as the "Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003," as amended by RA 10364.[7]

Accused-appellant was...