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PEOPLE vs. Victor F. Olivar

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICTOR OLIVAR Y FACUNDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 101577 | 1992-11-13

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J:

We are asked to determine whether or not a 13-year old provincial lass was deflowered and made to submit to the bestial desire of a lecherous man who vehemently denies the accusation against him. Complainant, however, assidiously seeks his conviction. Accused-appellant Victor F. Olivar is now in jail awaiting the outcome of the instant appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered by the Regional Trial Court of the Fourth Judicial Region (Branch XXV, Biñan, Laguna) in Criminal Case No. 3926-B finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape against the person of Rowena de los Santos.

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