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People vs. Brillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MELFORD BRILLO Y DE GUZMAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 250934 | 2021-06-16

D E C I S I O N
 
DELOS SANTOS, J.:
 
"In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting.

If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens."

- Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
 
This Appeal[1] assails the March 1, 2019 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 10254, which affirmed with modification the November 21, 2017 Judgment[3] of the Regional...