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PEOPLE vs Lito Egan Alias Akiao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LITO EGAN alias AKIAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139338 | 2002-05-28

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The universal puff about love being free, doubtless a stale statement, remains a useful piece of legal advice yet for the roaming lothario, to stress that money in all its forms, the dowry included, is not the legitimate consideration for passion and affection which ordinarily spring from courtship and requited love, nor does it endow a license to subject the object of his affection to lewd desires, as the 36-year old Manobo would have now realized.

Lito Egan alias Akiao, thirty-six (36) years old, was an avid admirer of a twelve (12)-year old girl named Lenie T. Camad.[1] Since both the accused and Lenie...