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PEOPLE Vs. Donato V. Tarlac

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DONATO V. TARLAC, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 47280 | 1990-08-20

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Rape is a crime of furtiveness usually perpetrated in the shadows of night or, if by the light of day, in the loneliness of unfrequented places with none but the ravisher and his victim to witness its consummation. It is thus almost always on the sole testimony of the victim that prosecution for this offense must stand or fall. The present case is no exception, and the Court is now called upon to adjudge whether or not the Trial Court correctly convicted the accused in reliance upon the complainant's testimony and rejecting the countervailing evidence given by the former.

Donato V. Tarlac was convicted of...