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People of the Philippines Vs. Norlito Sambahon y Nueva

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus NORLITO SAMBAHON Y NUEVA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182789 | 2010-08-03

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Norlito Sambahon y Nueva (appellant) was charged and convicted of rape of his 13 year-old stepdaughter, AAA,[1] by the Regional Trial Court (Branch 63), Calabanga, Camarines Sur by Decision of February 15, 2006 which was affirmed with modification by the Court of Appeals.

The Information against appellant reads:

That on or about the 12th day of August 2003, at around eight o'clock in the evening in Barangay San Ramon, Tinambac, Camarines Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the above-named accused willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, through force or intimidation,...