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People of the Philippines Vs. Jessie Malate y Canete

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JESSIE MALATE y CA?ETE, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 185724 | 2009-06-05

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the July 8, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02588 which affirmed the October 27, 2006 Decision[2] in Criminal Case No. 1869-M-2004 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 12 in Malolos City, Bulacan.

Accused-appellant Jessie Malate y Cañete stands convicted of one (1) count of rape or violation of paragraph 1(a), Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, as amended. He was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Facts

The charge against Malate stemmed from the following Information:

That on or about the...