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PEOPLE vs Capt Marcial Llanto

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CAPT. MARCIAL LLANTO Y LEUTERIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 146458 | 2003-01-20

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

The one battle the accused Capt. Marcial Llanto lost was fought against himself. He utterly failed to measure up to the yardstick of an officer and a gentleman when he was subdued by the beast in him and he committed lechery upon his minor kin.

On February 29, 2000, an information for rape was filed against the accused Llanto, viz:

"That on or about (the) twelfth day of November, 1999 at Pasay City and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, actuated by lust, with use of a knife, through force, violence and intimidation, and by taking advantage of his moral ascendancy over his...