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PEOPLE Vs. Felipe V. Sangil

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE SANGIL y VELISARIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 91158 | 1992-05-08

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated September 28, 1989, of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 15, convicting the appellant of the crime of rape.

The trial court's recital of the evidence of both the prosecution and the defense and its findings of fact are reproduced hereunder:

"The victim-complainant Joselyn Sangil, a 19-year old lass testified that one midnight of September, 1983 (she was only 13 years old then), she was awaken by hands taking off her panty. She saw that it was her father removing her panty. She tried to push her father away but her father was strong besides...