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PEOPLE vs. Graciano Olalia, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GRACIANO OLALIA, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-50669 | 1984-03-12

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

On appeal is the Decision of the then Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Branch X, San Carlos City, in Criminal Case No. SCC-317 for Forcible Abduction with Rape, which convicted the accused, Graciano Olalia, Jr., of the crime charged and imposed the sentence of reclusion perpetua.

The People's version of the incident is summed up in its Brief as follows:

"On February 25, 1975, Julita Macaraeg, the complainant, sixteen (16) years old, provinciana, was a first year high school student at Bayambang National High School in Bayambang, Pangasinan. She was dismissed from her classes at 5 o'clock in...