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PEOPLE Vs. Pacifico Lazaro Y Repizo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, vs. plaintiff-appellee, PACIFICO LAZARO y REPIZO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 99263 | 1995-10-12

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

The rule that courts accord much credence to the testimony of a child who has been raped is once again graphically illustrated in the case at bench. Here the testimony of the victim while sufficient in itself to convict the accused is strengthened even more by another young, adolescent, eyewitness.

Jose Lucio Lim lived with his children Jefferson and Jocelyn in a two-storey house in San Andres Bukid, Manila. Jefferson was in Grade I while Jocelyn was a 5-year old kindergartner. The wife of Jose Lim had been working since 17 December 1988 as a domestic helper in Macao, China. The family occupied the...