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People vs. Lacuna, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN LACUNA y FRANCISCO and JOHN DOE, accused. BENJAMIN LACUNA y FRANCISCO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38463 | 1978-12-29

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXII, convicting Benjamin Lacuna y Francisco of Forcible Abduction with Rape, and sentencing him to life imprisonment with costs (Criminal Case No. 784).

The prosecution's evidence is principally based on the testimony of the complaining witness, Emily Beltran, married but estranged from her husband since 1969, and living with her parents at 2958 A. Bautista St., Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila. At the time of the incident, she was a high school student at the Jose Rizal College in Mandaluyong, Rizal. She testified that in the evening of March...