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People of the Philippines Vs. Rolly De Guzman

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROLLY DE GUZMAN, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 188352 | 2010-09-01

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the February 26, 2009 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, (CA) in CA-G.R. CR. H.C. No. 03068, affirming in toto the October 24, 2007 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 89, Quezon City (RTC) in Criminal Case No. Q-06-143828. The RTC convicted accused Rolly De Guzman for the crime of rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim, AAA,[3] the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages, with costs.

The Information against the accused reads:

That on or about the 29th day of October 2006, in Quezon...