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PEOPLE vs. Buenaventura Baylon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BUENAVENTURA BAYLON alias "TURA", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-56877 | 1984-04-27

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

Once again the principal issue which confronts Us in this appeal is the credibility of witnesses. Because this is a criminal case it is obvious that the judge who tried the case and in the process observed the witnesses, noted their demeanor and even the inflections of their voices found the prosecution's evidence to be more credible. For reasons which are too trite to mention, We sustain the trial judge because an examination of the record does not warrant a different action.

This case is about the rape of a girl of tender years. SONIA ALDAS had just entered her teen years when she suffered a traumatic...