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People of the Philippines Vs. Crizaldo Pacheco y Villanueva

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CRIZALDO PACHECO y VILLANUEVA, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 187742 | 2010-04-20

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the November 18, 2008 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02796, which affirmed the Decision in Criminal Case No. 26020-MN of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 169 in Malabon City. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Crizaldo Pacheco of rape.

The Facts

An Information charged accused-appellant as follows:

That on or about the 7th day of January, 2002, in the City of Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, being the step-father of [AAA],[1] with lewd design and by means of force...