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PEOPLE vs Pacifico Rondilla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PACIFICO RONDILLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134368 | 2001-02-08

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

A sexual assault in whatever form is deplorable, and it indeed deserves the severe condemnation of society. Worse, this time once again, a father is charged with ravishing his own daughter even while his wife is enslaving herself in a foreign land just so the family could live somewhat comfortably.

Pacifico Rondilla was indicted for rape committed against complainant Roda G. Rondilla in an Information that read:

"At the instance of the complainant Roda G. Rondilla in a complaint filed before the Municipal Trial Court of Santa Cruz, Laguna, the undersigned 2nd Asst. Provincial Prosecutor of Laguna, hereby...