CERTIFIED fRUE COPY
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THIRD DIVISION
ESTEBAN DONATO REYES,
Petitioner,
G.R. No. 232678
Present:
PERALTA, J., Chairperson,
LEONEN,
REYES, A., JR.,
HERNANDO, and
INTING, JJ.
-versus-
Promulgated:
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
x- ______________ Respondent. _______ ~ 1 ~ - x
DECISION
PERALTA, J.:
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari filed by petitioner
Esteban Donato Reyes (Reyes) seeking to reverse and set aside the June 23,
2017 Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 38609 which
affirmed the March 3, 2016 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 89,
Quezon City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. Q-06-143139, finding him guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Violation of Section 5(i) of Republic
Act No. 9262 (R.A. No. 9262), otherwise known as the Anti-Violence Against
Women and Their Children Act o/2004 (VAWC), committed against AAA. 3
Penned by Associate Justice Ramon A. Cruz, with Associate Justices Marlene Gonzales-Sison and
Jhosep Y. Lopez, concurring; rollo, pp. 26-37.
2
Penned by Judge Cecilyn E. Burgos-Villavert; id. at 38-44.
The real names of persons (other than the accused) and places or any other information tending to
reveal the identity of the private complainant and those of her immediate family or household members are
withheld in accordance with Republic Act No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and thetr Children
Act of 2004 (Sec. 44); Republic Act No. 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act (Sec. 29); A.M. No. 04-10-11-SC, known as "Rule on Violence Against
Women and Their Children," effective November 15, 2004, (Sec. 40); the case of People v. Cabalquinto, 533
Phil. 703, 705-709 (2006); and and per this Court's Resolution dated September 19, 2006 in A.M. N o . #
11-09-SC.
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