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PEOPLE vs. Antonio V. Viduya

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO VIDUYA Y VIDUYA, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. L-36510 | 1980-05-17

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This is a case of rape with homicide. On July 3, 1972, a search party found the dead body of Leonida Rivera, 17, in the river eight meters away from its bank in Barrio Lloren, Tubao, La Union. It was covered with rice straws, partly submerged and weighted down by two big stones on the chest and legs.

The autopsy conducted in the afternoon of that day disclosed that the hymen was lacerated at the six and three o'clock positions. Two fingers could be inserted into the vagina. The half-naked body, which was covered by a blouse but without underwear, was bloated and in a state of decomposition. The eyeballs were...