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People of the Philippines Vs. Juanito Garcia y Gumay @ Wapog

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JUANITO GARCIA y GUMAY @ WAPOG, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 200529 | 2012-09-19

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.: 

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision1 dated June 30, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04352, which affirmed the conviction of Juanito Garcia (Juanito) also known as "Wapog" for statutory rape and acts of lasciviousness in Criminal Case Nos. 3840-C and C-3838-C, respectively.

The Facts


Juanito was charged before Branch 63 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Calauag, Quezon with three (3) counts of statutory rape under three (3) separate informations, to wit:

Criminal Case No. 3840-C: 

That on or about the 30th day of April 2001 at Sitio Gamboa,...