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People vs. Paragsa [CONCURRING OPINION, TEEHANKEE, J.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BIENVENIDO PARAGSA, alias "BENBEN", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-44060 | 1978-07-20

CONCURRING OPINION
 
TEEHANKEE, J.:
 
I concur in the acquittal of the accused-appellant in the light of the salient facts and circumstances discussed in the decision penned by Mr. Justice Makasiar[1] which justly cast serious doubts on the guilt of the accused and entitle him to a verdict of acquittal founded on the constitutional presumption of innocence.
 
The ratio decidendi in the analogous case of People vs. Ramirez[2]  (where the 15-year old daughter of the accused's common-law wife charged him with double rape and his defense was "that there was consent on her part, as indeed there had...