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PEOPLE vs. Victorio S. Laguisma

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICTORIO LAGUISMA Y SORIANO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-46297 | 1980-06-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is readily admitted in the exhaustive and learned brief submitted by counsel Pablito V. Sanidad of appellant Victorio Laguisma, who was convicted for the crime of rape and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, that the offense in question is "a most detestable crime." 1 Such a characterization becomes more apt, considering that the complainant was, at the time of its alleged commission, "a young girl, eleven years old." 2 Counsel seeks the reversal of the conviction, relying on this dictum of Sir Matthew Hale: "Charges of rape are very easy to make and hard to dispute." 3 While the impassioned plea of counsel...