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The People of the Philippines Vs. Solomon Dioneda y Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus SALOMON DIONEDA Y DELA CRUZ a.k.a. SIMON DIONEDA DELA CRUZ, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 180923 | 2009-04-30

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On appeal is the January 31, 2007 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02096 which affirmed with modification the February 4, 2004 Decision of Branch 107 of the Regional Trial Court in Quezon City finding Salomon Dioneda y Dela Cruz[2] a.k.a. Simon Dioneda Dela Cruz (appellant) guilty of raping six year old AAA[3] in Criminal Case No. Q-00-94913.

Appellant, by Information filed on August 29, 2000, was charged for rape as follows:

That on or about the 27th day of August, 2000 in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, a minor 17 years of age, by means of force and...