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Mike Alvin Pielago y Ros Vs. People of the Philippines

Mike Alvin Pielago y Ros, Petitioner Vs. People of the Philippines, Respondent.

G.R. No. 202020 | 2013-03-13

 
FIRST DIVISION 
 
DECISION
 
REYES, J.: 
 
The petitioner, Mike Alvin Pielago y Ros (Pielago) assails the Decision1 dated February 1, 2012 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 33475 which affirmed the Judgment2 dated May 31, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Ligao City, Branch 14, finding Pielago guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape by sexual assault. 
 
Pielago was charged in an Information,3 the accusatory portion of which reads: 
 
“That on or about July 1, 2006 at around 3:30 in the afternoon at Barangay Allang[,] City of Ligao, Philippines and within the...