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PEOPLE vs Noel Ortega

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. NOEL ORTEGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135846 | 2001-06-28

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

VERONICA NARAG, sixteen (16), was a fourth year high school student at the Pangasinan National High School. On 29 August 1995, at around 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, she stood in front of People's Rural Bank at the Poblacion of Lingayen waiting for a ride home to Barangay Bocboc, Aguilar, Pangasinan. She was wearing her school uniform as she had just come from her classes. After a while, a tricycle stopped in front of her. It was driven by accused Noel Ortega, a neighbor in Barangay Bocboc, with her classmates Brenda Soriano and Geneses Calabitasan on board. Brenda and Geneses alighted and persuaded...