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People Vs Ramon Flores

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAMON FLORES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130546 | 1999-07-26

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Marisol Flores' juvenile innocence was untimely ended by a father who gave free rein to his lustful proclivity. As in most cases of incestuous rape, she would have just kept this experience to herself and opted to suffer in secret. By coming out in the open though to reveal a harrowing tale of forced defloration, she has made a confession of what girls of her age would normally not have done. Her lips unsealed, she exposed herself to all the attendant pains of being embarrassed and ridiculed twice over by a public trial. Accused-appellant, however, despite Marisol's laudable audacity, would now have this Court...