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People vs. Laboa [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus REYNALDO SANZ LABOA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 185711 | 2009-08-24

D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
For review is the Decision[1] dated 31 January 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00211-MIN, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] dated 22 July 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Branch 19, in Criminal Case No. 2838, finding herein appellant Reynaldo Sanz Laboa guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape committed against AAA[3] and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Appellant Reynaldo Sanz Laboa was charged before the RTC of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat with raping AAA in an Information...