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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEONARDO CASTRODES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEONARDO CASTRODES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 206768 | 2014-12-03

FIRST DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

PEREZ, J.:

There is no rule that rape is committed only in seclusion.1 A man’s carnality is not hindered by time or place—his prurient desire impels him to commit rape even in the most public of places.
 
This is an appeal of the Decision2 of the Honorable Court of Appeals (CA) dated 31 May 2012 in CA-G.R. CEB-CR HC No. 00875, which affirmed the Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) dated 26 July 2007, convicting accused-appellant Leonardo Castrodes alias “Adok” (Castrodes) for the crime of Rape (Crim. Case No. 00-731) in “People of the Philippines...