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PEOPLE vs. ARNEL ASUNCION

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARNEL ASUNCION Y VILLADUS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136779 | 2001-09-07

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Little Arlin Asuncion was plucked from her world of games and toys when her own flesh and blood, the accused Arnel Asuncion, marred her innocence. She tells us of her sad tale, through the eyes and lips of a seven-year old who hardly understands sex and sexuality. Barely does she comprehend, at least for now, the depth of the violation committed by her own father upon not only her body, but her personhood; painfully, however, she will more fully comprehend when she grows up and remembers her sad childhood memory.

On March 23, 1998, an information was filed against accused-appellant Arnel Asuncion y Villadus,...