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PEOPLE vs. Rodolfo San Juan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. RODOLFO SAN JUAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 105556 | 1997-04-04

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Rape is horrible and nauseating. The crime is even more disgusting and infuriating when the victim is a mental retardate who is incapable of giving intelligent consent to the sexual act.

This is an appeal from the Decision 1 dated September 2, 1991 of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Branch 171, 2 in Criminal Case No. 9370-V-89 convicting Accused Rodolfo San Juan of the crime of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P20,000.00 and to pay the costs. 3

The Criminal Complaint, which was...