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PEOPLE. Vs. Renato Alfonso

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RENATO ALFONSO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 72573 | 1987-08-31

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A prosecution for Rape before the then Court of First Instance of Rizal, which adjudged the accused. Renato Alfonso, guilty and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua.

The facts, according to the prosecution, follow:

"The 13 year old minor Laila Indita y Alfonso had known the appellant Renato Alfonso as a relative and neighbor in Santiago, Isabela since she was nine years old.

"With her mother's permission, she went to Manila alone to take her vacation at the house of her uncle Mario Alfonso, her mother's brother, who lives in Balic-Balic, Sampaloc, Manila. Taking the Pantranco bus from Isabela, she...