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People of the Philippines vs. Armando Chingh y Parcia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ARMANDO CHINGH y PARCIA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 178323 | 2011-03-16




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:


Armando Chingh y Parcia (Armando) seeks the reversal of the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01119 convicting him of Statutory Rape and Rape Through Sexual Assault.


The factual and procedural antecedents are as follows:


On March 19, 2005, an Information for Rape was filed against Armando for inserting his fingers and afterwards his penis into the private part of his minor victim, VVV,2 the accusatory portion of which reads:


That on or before March 11, 2004 in the City of Manila, Philippines, [Armando], with lewd design and by means of force, violence and intimidation did...