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People vs. Gerola

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FEDERICO GEROLA Y AMAR ALIAS "FIDEL", ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 217973 | 2017-07-19

DECISION
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
This is an Appeal[1] filed under Section 13(c), Rule 124 of the Rules of Court from the Decision[2] dated September 25, 2014 (questioned Decision) of the Court of Appeals, Special Eighteenth Division (CA), in CA-G.R. CR. HC. No. 01277, which affirmed the Decision[3] dated January 28, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Branch 55 (RTC) in Criminal Case Nos. 1213, 1214, and 1215, convicting accused-appellant Federico A. Gerola (Federico) for the crimes charged therein.
 
The Facts

Three (3) separate Informations for Rape under Article 266-A, paragraph 1[4] of the Revised...