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People of the Philippines Vs. Dionisio Cabudbod y Tutor and Edgar Cabudbod y Lacroa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus DIONISIO CABUDBOD y TUTOR and EDGAR CABUDBOD y LACROA, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 176348 | 2009-04-16

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated September 26, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01975 which had affirmed with modification the Joint Decision[2] dated May 8, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of xxx, Branch 109 in Criminal Cases Nos. 00-1879, 00-1880 and 00-1881. The appellate court had found appellants Dionisio T. Cabudbod and Edgar L. Cabudbod guilty of qualified rape and simple rape through force and intimidation, respectively, committed against AAA.[3]

The Informations filed on October 26, 2000 charging appellants and German L. Tordecillas with rape, read as follows:

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