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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PACITO ESPEJON Y LEBIOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PACITO ESPEJON Y LEBIOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 199445 | 2015-02-04

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

For our judgment is this appeal[1] from the Decision[2] dated 2 June 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB CR-HC No. 00670.
 
The antecedents:
 
On 15 June 2004, five (5) criminal information[3] for rape were filed against appellant Pacito L. Espejon before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Naval, Biliran. The information accused appellant of raping—on five separate occasions in 2003—AAA,[4] a girl then only twelve (12) years old.
 
After his arrest, appellant entered a plea of not guilty. Trial then followed.
 
The evidence-in-chief of the prosecution consisted of...