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PEOPLE vs. Armando Alvario

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. ARMANDO ALVARIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 120437-41 | 1997-07-16

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Is there fear so great as to mute a victim of sexual assault and blunt her natural instinct for self-preservation?

On January 21, 1993, Esterlina Quintero, a 29-year old single mother of a two-year old child, 1 took time off her job as a housekeeper at Pasong Tirad, Makati, to look for another place of employment. For this purpose, she sought the help of a certain Aling Soling who accompanied her to a friend's house at nearby San Miguel Village. While there was no vacancy at the latter's residence, they learned from a neighbor's maid that someone in Bel-Air Subdivision was looking for a house helper. After...