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[3/4] PEOPLE vs. Jose Coderes., et al.

[3/4] THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE CODERES, BASILIO CLARK and JULIUS CLARK, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-32509-11 | 1981-04-27

Rosie de Villa, in answer to a question from the court, testified that she did not notice any ejaculation from the appellants because she was afraid. Significantly, this statement of Rosie de Villa reveals more than what the defense has bargained for. It bolsters, rather than destroys the theory that at the time Rosie de Villa was being raped by three men, one after the other, she was fighting against it with all her might, and that it was very much against her will; she was not concentrating on the act; that she was being subjected at the same time to physical violence, such as fist blows on her stomach; and that she did not give any...