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PEOPLE vs. Silvino Salarza, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. SILVINO SALARZA, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 117682 | 1997-08-18

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

DEATH, the punishment in extremis, was imposed on Silvino Salarza Jr. for rape. We now review his conviction.

Zareen Smith, British, was 30, single, a television and stage actress. Sometime in 1994 she came to the Philippines and chose Boracay in Aklan and Port Barton in Palawan for her vacation retreats. In Port Barton she met Enrico de Jesus, Filipino, 26, caretaker of Elsa's Place, a resort owned by his parents. Soon enough a mutual attraction developed between them which ripened into an intense love affair that they would have sex almost every night.

On 30 April 1994 Enrico brought Zareen to Mary's...