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The People of the Philippines Vs. Edwin Dalipe y Perez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus EDWIN DALIPE y PEREZ, Appeellant

G.R. No. 187154 | 2010-04-23

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the August 29, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 01801, affirming with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 79, which found the accused, Edwin Dalipe y Perez, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of having committed three (3) counts of statutory rape[3] and two (2) counts of acts of lasciviousness[4] against his stepdaughter AAA.[5]

The Information[6] in Criminal Case No. Q-95-63737 indicting the accused reads:

The undersigned Public Prosecutor, upon complaint filed by AAA, accuses EDWIN P. DALIPE of the crime of...