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People of the Philippines Vs. Marcos Quiros y Sembrano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARCOS QUIROS y SEMBRANO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188600 | 2010-07-13

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the June 18, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 02682, affirming with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 43, which found the accused, Marcos Quiros y Sembrano, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of having committed statutory rape[3] against the 9-year-old EMA.[4]

The accusatory portion of the Information[5] dated August 26, 2006 reads:

That on or about the 24th day of August, 2006, in the City of Dagupan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, MARCOS QUIROS...