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PEOPLE vs. Orje y Borce

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, - versus - JOSELITO ORJE y BORCE, Accused-Appellant. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, PERALTA, BERSAMIN,* ABAD, and VILLARAMA, JR.,** JJ.

G.R. No. 189579 | 2011-09-12

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 

D E C I S I O N
         
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
This is an appeal from the August 10, 2009 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03234, which affirmed the February 4, 2008 Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 106 in Quezon City, in Criminal Case No. Q-05-136600. The RTC found accused Joselito Orje guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
 
The Facts

The information charging the accused with rape reads as follows:

That on or about the 1st day of...