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People of the Philippines Vs. Lilio U. Achas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LILIO U. ACHAS, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 185712 | 2009-08-04

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision dated May 19, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00480, affirming the Decision dated March 11, 2004 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 37 in Cagayan de Oro City. The RTC adjudged accused-appellant Lilio U. Achas guilty of two (2) counts of the crime of rape.

In two (2) separate informations filed before the RTC, docketed as Crim. Case Nos. 2000-045 and 2001-143, Achas was charged with two counts of rape, allegedly committed as follows:

Crim. Case No. 2000-045

Sometime in the month of June, 1998, on a Sunday noon, or thereabout at x x x,...