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PEOPLE Vs. Rene Paciente

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. RENE PACIENTE, defendant.

G.R. No. 94309 | 1992-06-18

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

For Norma Dulfo, the events that unfolded on that fateful night of April 23, 1985 were indelibly etched in her memory. So painful were these psychologically and physically, that she vowed to pursue her aggressor and seek justice before our courts of law.

This is her story as established by the lower court:

At the instance and invitation of her two cousins Hayde Abelarde and Lydia Ditomas and after securing the permission of her parents, Norma Dulfo, 18 years old and a resident of Anoring, Sara, Iloilo, attended a fiesta at the neighboring town of Talisay, arriving there on April 23, 1984, at 9:30 o'clock in...