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People vs. Manlapaz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WINSTON MANLAPAZ y POLING, accused.

G.R. No. L-41819 | 1979-02-28

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is a rape case involving a thirteen-year-old, mentally retarded girl named Therese Endencia, the daughter of the spouses, Jerome Endencia and Teresita Encarnacion. They resided at 10 Padre Burgos Street, near Aurora Boulevard, Project 4, Quezon City. Therese, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, is a fair complexioned girl with mestiza features.

Residing in the same neighborhood in an apartment identified as 1021-M Aurora Boulevard, near the Marian Bakery, also in Project 4, was a nineteen-year-old, unmarried boy named Winston Manlapaz who was studying electrical engineering in the University of the East....