FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 222964, July 11, 2018 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CAJETO CABILIDA, JR. Y CANDAWAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. DECISION 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, finding the appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape. The Factual Antecedents Appellant and his co-accused Toto Cabilida (Toto) were charged under the following Amended Informations: Criminal Case No. 986-14-433 That on or about the 24th day of December 2005 at about 12:00 o'clock midnight, more or less, x x x Province of Misamis Occidental, and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring, confederating and helping one another, armed with a hunting knife by means of violence and intimidation, accused Jojo Cabilida did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of the complainant AAA,[5] against her will, in her own house and in the presence and in full view of her minor children BBB and CCC, both 10 years old and 8 years old, respectively and while co-accused Toto Cabilida was threatening to box the victim and pointing and threatening the children with the knife and then pointing the flashlight during the rape.