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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Samillano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CONRADO SAMILLANO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31375 | 1974-04-22

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is a rape case. Conrado Samillano appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros, convicting him of that crime and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua (Criminal Case No. 9768).

The case presents the pathetic and distressing spectacle of a fourteen-year old girl who swore that she was raped by her mother's paramour, her quasi-stepfather (if that term may be permissibly coined). The mother and quasi-stepfather denied the rape. The girl's paternal uncle, siding with her, revealed that she and her mother had requested him to assist them in filing the complaint for rape. After...