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People of the Phil. vs. Alex Candaza y Calvadores

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ALEX CANDAZA y CALVADORES, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 170474 | 2006-06-16

DECISION 


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00474 which affirmed in toto the judgment of Branch 172, Regional Trial Court, Valenzuela City in Criminal Case Nos. 676-V-00 and 677-V-00 finding appellant Alex Candaza y Calvadores guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of simple rape and acts of lasciviousness. 

The prosecution's version of the antecedent facts is as follows: 

At around three o'clock in the afternoon of June 18, 2000, the then 13-year old victim, Kristine Dorado, was alone sleeping in their house at No. 395 Rico Compound, Barangay Palasan,...