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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, vs.JOJO DELA PAZ y TABOCAN, Appeellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, vs. JOJO DELA PAZ y TABOCAN, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182412 | 2011-11-28

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
On appeal is the decision[1] dated September 28, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02331, which affirmed and modified the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 276, of Muntinlupa City.[2] The RTC found Jojo dela Paz y Tabocan (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of raping a woman who has the mental age of a five-year old child. The CA modified the RTC decision by imposing reclusion perpetua instead of life imprisonment, and by ordering the payment of moral damages.
 
The Facts

The appellant and AAA[3] were neighbors whose houses were...