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People vs. Briones

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REGGIE BRIONES Y DURAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 240217 | 2020-06-23

DECISION
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
For consideration of the Court is the appeal of the Decision[1] dated January 22, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 09007 which affirmed, with modification, the Decision[2] dated May 26, 2016 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Masbate City, Branch 48, finding Reggie Briones y Duran guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape under Article 266-A, paragraph (1) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

The antecedent facts are as follows.

Reggie Briones y Duran was charged with the crime of rape in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about July...