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PEOPLE vs Julio Francisco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIO FRANCISCO y LOPEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136252 | 2000-10-20

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In what seems to be a continuation of a dream so surreal, Marilyn Perez (hereinafter MARILYN), twelve years (12) old, woke up from her deep slumber between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. of all nights of 25 December 1997, in their residence in barangay Sagrada Familia, Hagonoy, Bulacan, to find her alleged stepfather Julio Francisco (FRANCISCO), sucking her nipples and inserting his male organ into her private parts.[1] The bizarre situation assumed contemptible proportions by reason of the perverted intrepidity in which the dastardly deed was undertaken.

On that night, the family members slept side by side with...