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PEOPLE vs Pedro Palma

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO PALMA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-69152 | 1986-09-23

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J:

Pedro Palma, a 64-year old carpenter, had a small store on the ground floor of his house in Torres Subdivision, Iyam, Lucena City. About 150 meters away from that store, Imelda Telada, a 14-year-old mental retardate, resided with her family.

Around five o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, May 16, 1981, Imelda was sent by her mother, Luz, to Palma's store to buy a peso worth of bread. Luz gave her a two-peso bill.

Except for Palma, there was nobody else in the store. After Imelda had told him that she wanted to buy bread, Palma went outside the store, gave the bread and the one peso change to Imelda, and...