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PEOPLE vs. Victoriano Pontilar, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. VICTORIANO PONTILAR, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 104865 | 1997-07-11

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Rape violates the person of the victim, sears her mind with debilitating trauma and unfairly stigmatizes her reputation. For this, the offender must be brought to justice more so in this case where the victim is a young girl only fourteen.

This is an appeal from the February 20, 1992 Decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 5 2 in Criminal Case No. CBU-19353 convicting Accused Victoriano Pontilar, Jr. of the crime of rape. 3

Third Assistant Cebu Provincial Prosecutor Antonio T. Echavez filed an Information dated July 23, 1990 charging accused-appellant with the crime of rape allegedly...