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People vs. Guerrero y Agripa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus HENRY GUERRERO y AGRIPA, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 170360 | 2009-03-12

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We review in this appeal the April 27, 2005 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00120,[1] affirming with modification the January 28, 2003 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 94, Quezon City.[2] The RTC decision found the accused-appellant Henry Guerrero y Agripa (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

ANTECEDENT FACTS

The prosecution charged the appellant before the RTC with the crime of rape under an Information that states:

That on or about the 30th day of May, 1998, in Quezon City,...