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PEOPLE Vs. Benjamin Herico

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN HERICO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 89682-83 | 1990-12-21

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is an incredible case of two (2) minor daughters who on separate occasions were raped by their father in the presence of their mother.

Benjamin Herico and Florencia Peña are husband and wife. They have nine children, namely: Buenafe, Maritess, Rhodora, Criselda, Benjamin, Jr., Roderic, Bonifacio, Maricel and Catherine. They are residents of Barangay Mapulot, Tagkawayan, Quezon Province.

Sometime on November 13, 1984, Buenafe, the eldest daughter, who was at the time about 15 years old, asked her mother Florencia how a conceiving woman felt. Florencia inquired from her daughter why she was...