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PEOPLE Vs. Godofredo Sayat

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GODOFREDO SAYAT, alias "Bobby" or "Buboy," accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 102773-77 | 1993-06-08

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The conventional attribution is that lust is the motivating cause for rape, although a view is held that this crime is actually a misguided and blatant mode of domination by one gender one the other. Regardless of the sociological cause, the law considers rape as one of the most odious offenses. It becomes more abominable where the rape victim is a minor whose innocent world is suddenly shattered, leaving her with the psychological wounds from her traumatic experience as she faces an uncertain future. The unkindest cut, so to speak, is when the transgressor is the victim's own kin. The confluence of such...