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People vs. Ovani, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOEL OVANI, JR. Y SALAZAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 247624 | 2021-06-16

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This is an appeal[1] assailing the Decision[2] dated April 18, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 09396 which affirmed the Decision[3] dated April 7, 2017 of Branch 94, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Quezon City in Criminal Case Nos. R-QZN-15-09002-CR and R-QZN-15-09003-CR finding Joel Ovani, Jr., y Salazar (accused­-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of Rape under paragraph 1(a), Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended by Republic Act No. (RA) 8353.[4]
 
The Antecedents

The case stemmed from two (2) separate...