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PEOPLE vs. Lito Soriano y Sagucio, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. LITO SORIANO Y SAGUCIO alias "LORETO SORIANO Y SAGUCIO," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 114901 | 1997-05-29

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

LITO SORIANO Y SAGUCIO alias "Loreto Soriano y Sagucio" was found by the court a quo to have raped Hilda Acio. The evidence confirms his culpability; hence, we affirm.

On 22 March 1991 Hilda Acio and Lesley Oania, a neighbor and friend, attended the foundation anniversary of their school. At around eight-thirty in the evening they left the festivities and proceeded to the house of Hilda's grandmother Mercedes de la Cruz in Bgy. Lanao, Bangui, Ilocos Norte, to pass the night there. When they arrived Mercedes and Hilda's twin sisters were already asleep in the sala. Hilda had to use her own key to enter...