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PEOPLE Vs. Rogelio C. Ramos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO RAMOS Y CABAYU, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 68209 | 1993-12-21

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Accused ROGELIO RAMOS Y CABAYU, a 36-year old Bible History teacher and principal of a Catholic high school, was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, with the rape of one of his graduating students, 16-year old Soledad Puzon. His defense is that the young Cagayana voluntarily submitted herself to him in exchange for allowing her to graduate after she was allegedly found to have taken a "Crispa" t-shirt belonging to a classmate.

The trial court did not believe the accused. 1 It convicted him of rape, sentenced him to reclusion perpetua and to pay the offended party moral...