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People of the Philippines Vs. Rodolfo Lopez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPeopleines, Appellee, versus RODOLFO LOPEZ, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 179714 | 2009-10-02

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

Rape is particularly odious, one which figuratively scrapes the bottom of the barrel of moral depravity, when committed against a minor.[1] This present case is no less reviling and vilifying, for yet another life of an innocent child is forever shattered.

This is an appeal from the Decision[2] dated January 26, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. C.R.-H.C. No. 00650, affirming the Decision[3] dated October 13, 2004 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Labo, Camarines Norte, Branch 64, in Criminal Case No. 98-0296, finding appellant Rodolfo Lopez guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Statutory...