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People vs. AAA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AAA,[1] ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 248777 | 2020-07-07

DECISION
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
For consideration of the Court is the appeal of the Decision[2] dated May 9, 2019 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 01774-MIN which affirmed the Decision[3] dated August 4, 2017 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 26, Medina, Misamis Oriental, finding appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape under Article 266-A, in relation to Article 266-B, of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

The antecedent facts are as follows.

AAA was charged with rape in an Information, the accusatory portions of which read:
 
That on or about December 2015 in xxxxxxxxxxx Municipality...