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People vs. De Jesus

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANGELITO DE JESUS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38309 | 1978-10-23

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Angelito de Jesus appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, convicting him of rape, sentencing him to life imprisonment and ordering him to indemnify Lualhati Landayan in the sum of P165 (Criminal Case No. 0560-M).

The spouses, Feliciana Nuguid and Rogelio Landayan, residents of Barrio Santol, Balagtas (Bigaa), Bulacan, have a daughter named Lualhati who was born on January 22, 1963 (she was in the fourth grade in 1972). In the evening of Sunday, May 21, 1972, on the occasion of a Flores de Mayo procession, Feliciana gave Lualhati permission to follow the procession in the company...