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People vs. Bauit

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CARLOS BAUIT Y DELOS SANTOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 223102 | 2018-02-14

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Challenged before this Court is the March 20, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06646 which affirmed the January 7, 2014 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 140, in Criminal Case No. 11-1968, finding the accused­appellant Carlos Bauit y Delos Santos guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of qualified rape.

In an Information[3] dated July 25, 2011, the accused-appellant was charged with rape, the accusatory portion of which reads as follows:
 
On or about July 20, 2011, x x x accused, by means of force,...