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PEOPLE vs Manuel Pruna

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL PRUNA y RAMIREZ or ERMAN PRUNA y RAMIREZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 138471 | 2002-10-10

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

A rosebud that had been snuffed out of its fragrance long before it could even blossom into a flower. Such is the case of Lizette Arabelle Gonzales (hereafter LIZETTE), who had been defiled at a very tender age. She was at the time voiding her body waste at their neighbor's backyard, but that did not deter herein appellant from imposing his lechery on her. Indeed, lust is no respecter of time and place.[1]

On 27 January 1995, an information[2] for rape was filed against accused-appellant Manuel Pruna y Ramirez or Erman Pruna y Ramirez (hereafter PRUNA), the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on...