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People of the Philippines Vs. Bernardo Rimando, Jr. y Basilio alias "JOJO"

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus BERNARDO RIMANDO, JR. Y BASILIO, alias “JOJO,” Appeellant.

G.R. No. 180921 | 2009-08-27

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Caught in flagrante by his own mother and police authorities of molesting his own minor daughter AAA,[1] the Court of Appeals, by Decision[2] of June 14, 2007, affirmed with modification the January 19, 2006 Decision of Branch 67 of the Regional Trial Court in Bauang, La Union convicting Bernardo Rimando, Jr. y Basilio alias "Jojo" (appellant) of rape.

The accusatory portion of the Information filed against appellant reads:

That on or about the 31st day of October, 1999, in the Municipality of Naguilian, Province of La Union, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...