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People vs.Bensurto Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. NAPOLEON BENSURTO, JR. Y BOLOHABO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 216061 | 2016-12-07

DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is an appeal of the Court of Appeals' (CA) Decision[1] dated March 28, 2014 dismissing appellant's appeal and affirming the Joint Decision[2] dated November 28, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 48, Masbate City, in Criminal Cases Nos. 10225-26 convicting appellant of two (2) counts of the crime of qualified rape defined and penalized under Article 266-A (1) (a), in relation to Article 266-B (1) of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8353.
 
The facts follow.
 
The victim, AAA,[3] was born on July 10, 1991, and sometime in February 1999, when...