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PEOPLE. Vs. Antonio Pena, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO PE?A, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 72354 | 1987-06-30

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

We begin with this serious indictment: A person inflamed with lust who dares ravish angelic innocence is not a human being. He is a jungle creature of Satan born.

This is an appeal from a decision of the trial court finding accused guilty of the crime charged allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about 4:00 o'clock more or less, in the morning of April 15, 1984, in the City of Cotabato, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused armed with a sharp-pointed instrument, by means of violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously...