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People vs. Cabilida

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CAJETO CABILIDA, JR. Y CANDAWAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 222964 | 2018-07-11

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
"A woman will not expose herself to the humiliation of a trial, with its attendant publicity and the morbid curiosity it would arouse, unless she has been truly wronged and seeks atonement for her abuse."[1]

This is an appeal filed by appellant Cajeto Cabilida, Jr. y Candawan from the December 10, 2014 Decision[2] and the November 19, 2015 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 01087-MIN, affirming the September 17, 2012 Decision[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Oroquieta City, Branch 14, in Criminal Case Nos. 986-14-433 and 988-14-435,...