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People Vs Rolando Saban And Normelita Saban

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO SABAN and NORMELITA SABAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 110559 | 1999-11-24

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

Sexual relations are not a pixyish play for those couples outside the marriage bond. Neither one is allowed to bring in a third person just to satisfy the insatiable greed of another.

At bar is an appeal interposed by the spouses, Rolando Saban and Normelita Saban, from the judgment rendered by Branch XXIV of the Regional Trial Court of Laguna, finding them guilty of rape and sentencing them accordingly in Criminal Case No. 5118-B.

On July 19, 1982, Normita Elomina lodged her complaint[1] for rape before the municipal circuit court of Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

On April 18, 1983, Provincial Fiscal Ronaldo M....