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PEOPLE Vs. Felipe Segundo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE SEGUNDO, ROMEO CASTILLO and MERLEN CASTILLO, accused, FELIPE SEGUNDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 88751 | 1993-12-21

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

For raping his 22-year old comadre Erlinda Estillana, FELIPE SEGUNDO was sentenced to reclusion perpetua. Now before us, he repeats that his comadre is an old flame and that their sexual congress was between two consenting adults. Erlinda however fervidly denies this. We believe her, as did the court a quo.

Erlinda narrated her ordeal in open court thus: On 4 October 1986, together with her two children, she decided to pass the night in the house of the spouses Romeo and Merlen Castillo, their family friends, in Sitio Danapa since her husband Primo Estillana failed to return that evening from Barangay...