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PEOPLE Vs. Julito U. Arnan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULITO U. ARNAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 72608 | 1993-06-30

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Convicted of rape and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the offended party P5,000.00, and to pay the costs, 1 accused JULITO U. ARNAN is now before us seeking reversal of his conviction and insisting on his own version of the events.

On 13 May 1981, at about 12:00 o'clock midnight, while her husband was in another barangay to harvest palay, Nora Ayado, then a 20-year old mother of two, was awakened by someone who was already sitting on her knees. It was the accused Julito U. Arnan. She screamed for help, and her small children too who were beside her. Julito then pointed at her what appeared...