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People vs. Santos

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO SANTOS Y BASA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-41525 | 1978-10-23

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Edgardo Santos appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Caloocan City Branch 33, convicting him of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay an indemnity of P5,000 to the victim, Teodora Erjas. The trial court found that the charge of forcible abduction against Santos was not proven. (Criminal Case No. C-5893.)

At about nine o'clock in the morning of Sunday, February 2, 1975, Teodora Erjas was dispatched by her mother to buy rice in the market located at 8th Avenue, Caloocan City. Teodora, a grade six pupil, was then twelve years and two months old (she was...