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People of the Philippines Vs. Rodrigo Gutierez y Robles, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODRIGO GUTIEREZ Y ROBLES ALIAS "ROD AND JOHN LENNON", ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 208007 | 2014-04-02

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION

LEONEN,J.:
 
For a measly five- or ten-peso tip that a IO-year-old child would need for lunch money, a known acquaintance of their family would destroy a child's dignity by having illicit carnal knowledge of her. This case involves an act that is so dastardly that it is punished by Article 266-A of the Revised PenaJ Code as statutory rape which carries a sentence of reclusion perpetua. We are asked to review the Court of Appeals decision1 in CA-G.R.

CR-HC No. 02955. This decision affirmed the conviction of the accusedappellant for statutory rape under Article 266-A of the...