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People of the Philippines vs. Jimmy Alverio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JIMMY ALVERIO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 194259 | 2011-03-16




FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:


The Case


This is an appeal from the March 25, 2010 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00020, which affirmed the August 26, 2004 Decision in Criminal Case No. CB-02-195 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 37 in Caibiran, Naval, Biliran.2 The RTC convicted accused Jimmy Alverio (Alverio) of rape.


The Facts


The charge against Alverio stemmed from the following Information:


That on or about the 3rd day of June, 2002, at about 2:00 o'clock early dawn, more or less, at [PPP],3 Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, while [AAA] was on her way to...