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PEOPLE. Vs. Mauro Del Pilar

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAURO DEL PILAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-75852 | 1988-08-11

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Indicted for rape, accused-appellant Mauro del Pilar does not dispute the fact that he indeed had carnal knowledge of complainant Miraflor Rivas, a married woman, 22 years of age, with two children, but strongly asserts his innocence of the crime charged, interposing the defense that the carnal act complained of was voluntary ---- a mutual expression of the parties' illicit and amorous relationship.

According to the information, 1 the crime was committed as follows:

That on or about the 13th day of April, 1984, at 10:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, at the dwelling house of the offended party at...