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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND AAA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, 21ST DIVISION, MINDANAO STATION, RAYMUND CARAMPATANA, JOEFHEL OPORTO, AND MOISES ALQUIZOLA, RESPONDENTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND AAA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, 21ST DIVISION, MINDANAO STATION, RAYMUND CARAMPATANA, JOEFHEL OPORTO, AND MOISES ALQUIZOLA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 183652 | 2015-02-25

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before the Court is a Petition for Certiorari questioning the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated June 6, 2008 in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00422-MIN.  The CA reversed and set aside the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Branch 21, dated February 28, 2006 in Criminal Case No. 21-1211, and acquitted private respondents Raymund Carampatana, Joefhel Oporto, and Moises Alquizola of the crime of rape for the prosecution’s failure to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
 
In a Second Amended Information dated June 23, 2004,...