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PEOPLE vs Victor Ugang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICTOR UGANG, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 144036 | 2002-05-07

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

As if deprivation of her reasoning powers was not enough. Compounding her misery, Lanie Jumuad (hereafter LANIE), then an 18-year-old demented girl, was also stripped of her, perhaps, only remaining treasure -- her virginity. Worse, its loss was caused by one who was supposed to help protect it, her uncle Victor Ugang (hereafter VICTOR).

In an information[1] docketed as Criminal Case No. S-2893 before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 11, Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, VICTOR was charged with the crime of rape committed as follows:

That, in the afternoon, on or about the 29th day of December, 1996, in...