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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Castro

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELICIANO CASTRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33175 | 1974-08-19

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Feliciano Castro appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, convicting him of rape and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, to recognize and support the offspring, Caridad Micua, and to indemnify her mother, Miguela Micua, in the sum of P5,000 (Criminal Case No. 8869).

Here is a case where the Court is confronted with the task of ascertaining who among the members of the same family should be given credence. Miguela Micua and her father claimed that she was raped by her brother-in-law, Feliciano Castro (her Manong Elong). Her sister, Lydia Micua, and Castro himself testified...