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PEOPLE vs Dionisio Monfero y Solte

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plantiff-appellee, vs. DIONISIO MONFERO y SOLTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126367 | 1999-06-17

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." On this adage, the accused-appellant erects the foundation of his defense. By presenting his victim, the complainant herein, as a spurned lover driven by blind rage and jealousy to concoct rape charges against him, accused-appellant attempts to impress upon this Court that whatever sexual relations he and the complainant had were purely consensual and voluntary. We are not persuaded.

Dionisio Monfero alias Harold Monfero was indicted before Branch 33 of the Regional Trial Court of Siniloan, Laguna for three (3) counts of rape committed on January 6, 23, and 30, 1992...