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People of the Philippines Vs. Jerry Batula, alias

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JERRY BATULA, alias "Cesar," Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 181699 | 2012-11-28

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.: 

For Our resolution is the appeal filed by accused-appellant Jerry Batu]a, alias Cesar (Batula), from the Decisiondated July 30, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB-CR-H.C. No. 00574, which affirmed with modification the Decisiondated December 10, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Calbiga, Samar, in Criminal Case No. CC-2002-1392, finding Batula guilty of raping AAA.3

Criminal Case No. CC-2002-1392 was initiated on October 7, 2002 when the City Prosecution Office of Calbiga, Samar, filed with the RTC an Information4 charging...