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People of the Philippines Vs. Florentino Galagar, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. FLORENTINO GALAGAR, JR., Accused-Appellant,

G.R. No. 202842 | 2013-10-09

FIRST DIVISION

RESOLUTION

REYES, J.:

Before the Court is an appeal from the Decision 1 dated December 20, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00620-MIN, affirming with modification the Judgment2 dated May 26, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gingoog, Branch 43, which found Florentino Galagar, Jr. (accused-appellant) guilty of rape under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended by Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8353.

The Infonnation charging the accused-appellant reads as follows:

That on April 13, 2003, at more or less 8:00 o’clock in the evening, in [S]itio Taon-Taon, Bal-ason, Gingoog City, Philippines...