pl.-1) SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES ~ r:awnru 00D 0 ' J= ~:o,. ".'.' ":'" . ~ u 3aepublic of tbe t)bilippines ~upreme <!Court ;ffllanila SECOND DIVISION THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, G.R. NO. 235662 Present: ' - versus - CARPIO, Chairperson PERLAS-BERNABE, CAGUIOA, J. REYES, JR., and LAZARO-JAVIER, JJ XXX, Accused-Appellant. Promulgated: ?~_201~ x-----------------------------------------------------------fJ!,:J-~ -~ - _ JL -"- 1. ··~ DECISION LAZARO-JAVIER, J.: Prefatory This appeal assails the Decision 1 dated August 3, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08486 entitled "People of the Philippines v. .XXX," convicting appellant XXX of two (2) counts of qualified rape and one ( 1) count of lascivious conduct. 1 Penned by Associate Justice Normandie B. Pizarro with the concurrence of Associate Justices Danton Q. Bueser and Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob, all members of the Eleventh Division, CA rollo, pp. I 02120. ~

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