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PEOPLE vs. Ferdinan Emocling

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. FERDINAND EMOCLING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119592 | 1998-10-07

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

What could possibly drive a maiden of seventeen years, barely a woman but no longer a girl, to expose herself to the degradation that attends a charge of rape? To indicate a wrong, as the accuser maintains, or, as imputed by the accused, to conceal an unwanted pregnancy for which he was not responsible? After examining the divergent tales of these two individuals, together with the physical and testimonial evidence, the Court agrees with the trial court that the complainant in the case at bar was the true victim.

Angelita Jazareno was employed as house helper by the Emoclings sometime in April 1990. Their...