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PEOPLE Vs. Redentor E. Umali

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REDENTOR UMALI Y ESPINA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 76530 | 1995-03-01

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

REDENTOR UMALI Y ESPINA was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, for the rape of Corazon Maniquiz then a third-year high school student. 1 On 3 October 1986 he was declared guilty beyond reasonable doubt. 2 Appealing therefrom, he prays for acquittal grounded on the alleged glaring inconsistencies in the testimony of private complainant and the improbability of the rape in the scenario painted by the prosecution.

On 20 June 1985, Susana Umali requested Corazon Maniquiz, her first cousin and neighbor, to spend the night in her house as her husband, accused-appellant Redentor Umali,...