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PEOPLE Vs. Gilbert Pizarro

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GILBERT PIZARRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-49282 | 1992-07-06

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

RAPE, punished by reclusion perpetua, is having carnal knowledge of a woman by force or intimidation, or when she is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious, or when she is under 12 years of age. 1

The court a quo found Gilbert Pizarro guilty of rape by force and sentenced him accordingly. 2 He is now before Us on appeal. Is he guilty?

Gilbert Pizarro is charged with having carnal knowledge of Janet Arimboanga in the afternoon of May 22, 1975, in her house at Bo. San Isidro, San Marcelino, Zambales, against her will. She was then 17 while Gilbert was 19.

The story of Janet: A month after she and...