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People vs. Ernesto Malibiran

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ERNESTO MALIBIRAN, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 173471 | 2009-03-17

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) rendered on March 31, 2006 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00064, modifying the June 23, 2003 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 96 in Baler, Aurora in Criminal Case Nos. 2913, 2919, and 2920. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Ernesto Malibiran of three counts of Qualified Rape.

The Facts

On September 18, 2002, three separate Informations for Rape under Articles 266-A and 266-5 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) were filed with the RTC against Ernesto. Save for the approximate dates and times of commission of the crime...