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People vs. Severino Gondaway Dulay 385 SCRA 155

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEVERINO GONDAWAY DULAY y CORONA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 144344-68 | 2002-07-23

D E C I S I O N 

PER CURIAM: 

Under Republic Act No. 8353, the Anti-Rape Law of 1997, is resistance by the victim required to prove lack of consent to the rape? If yes, how do we prove this resistance? These are the questions posed in the cases at bar. 

On automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 166, Pasig City in Criminal Cases Nos. 115366-H, 116085-H to 116108-H convicting accused-appellant Severino Gondaway Dulay y Corona for the crime of rape as charged in twenty-five (25) Informations, and sentencing him to death in each of said twenty-five (25) counts. 

On December 22, 1998,...