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PEOPLE vs Benjamin Del Rosario

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN DEL ROSARIO Y NAVARRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134581 | 2000-10-26

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

BENJAMIN DEL ROSARIO Y NAVARRO was found guilty of raping his own daughter-in-law and sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the trial court. He was also ordered to indemnify his victim Ritchie Quisim del Rosario in the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages and to pay the costs.[1] He is now before us assailing the credibility of the victim and asserting that the court a quo erred in perfunctorily dismissing his alibi as well as paying no heed to the testimonies of his witnesses.

The version of the prosecution is that on the night of 30 January 1997 Ritchie Quisim del Rosario called on her father-in-law...