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PEOPLE vs. Roberto Ytac

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO YTAC, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-47568 | 1980-01-28

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Charged with rape in the Court of First Instance of Davao Oriental, Roberto Ytac was convicted and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P10,000.00, to acknowledge the offspring in the event there should be, to support said offspring, and to pay the costs, with the full period of his detention, credited in his favor.

From the evidence of the prosecution, it appears that:

"Mary Ann Boligao, the victim in this case, is a pitiful child. On the date she was abused - July 25, 1974 - she was only five years and two months old, she having been born on May 10, 1969 (p....