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People vs. Velasco

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO VELASCO Y ABENOJAR, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31922 | 1976-10-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

This Court has not been hesitant in the choice of words appropriate for expressing its disapproval of the act of utilizing force to compel a woman to submit to a man's lust. So it should be, but never was the condemnation more vehement than when the victim was a young and helpless child of tender years, in which case the law has wisely seen to it that the mere fact of her being below the statutory age suffices to affix the stamp of criminality on the deed. 1 For her, it would be a traumatic experience likely to cast a blight on the years that lie ahead. Equally so for the parents, it brings untold grief and...