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People vs. Quiazon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO QUIAZON alias Tony, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-44299 | 1977-08-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The law condemns with severity, and rightly so, an offense against chastity. That is to manifest the high respect our country accords to its female population. Any departure from such a norm would be a betrayal of a deep-seated national tradition. At the same time, it cannot be lost sight of that an offense of this character, while "most detestable," according to Blackstone, "and . . . ought severely and impartially to be punished . . .; [still] . . . is an accusation easy to be made, hard to be proved, but harder to be defended by the party accused, though innocent." 1 When, therefore, the Acting Solicitor...