817 Phil. 1008
FIRST DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 214880, September 06, 2017 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS.
AMANTE PADLAN Y LEONES @ BUTOG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
DECISION
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
This resolves the appeal filed by the appellant Amante Padlan y Leones (Padlan)
assailing the April 15, 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CRH.C. No. 05517 which affirmed with modifications the November 10, 2011 Joint
Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos City, Branch 18, in Criminal
Case Nos. 2755-M-2005, 2756-M-2005, and 2757-M-2005, finding Padlan guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape and one count of acts of
lasciviousness, respectively.
Three Informations were filed against Padlan charging him with two counts of rape
under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) in relation to Republic Act No.
7610[3] (RA 7610), and one count of acts of lasciviousness under Article 336 of the
RPC in relation to RA 7610, allegedly committed as follows:
Criminal Case No. 2755-M-2005
The undersigned Asst. Provincial Prosecutor accuses Amante Padlan y Leones @
Butog of the crime of Rape penalized under the provisions of Art. 266-A of the
Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 8353 in relation to R.A. 7610, committed
as follows:
That on or about the 7th day of August, 2005, in the municipality of Meycauayan,
province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,
the above-named accused, with lewd designs, did then and there willfully,
unlawfully and feloniously by means of force and intimidation, have [sic] carnal
knowledge of "AAA," 9 years old, against her will and without her consent and after
having carnal knowledge of said "AAA" inserted his finger into her genital, thereby
affecting badly the latter's emotional and psychological well being and
development.
Contrary to law.[4]