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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NILO COLENTAVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NILO COLENTAVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 190348 | 2015-02-09

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

On appeal is the May 29, 2009 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00760, which affirmed with modification the April 23, 2007 Joint Judgment2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, Branch 63 in Criminal Cases Nos. 205, 206, and 207. The RTC found appellant Nilo Colentava (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three counts of qualified rape and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim “AAA”3 P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, and...