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PEOPLE vs. Edwin Julian, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. EDWIN JULIAN, ALBERTO BUMANGLAG, ERNESTO MACALIPIS, and PEDRO DULDULAO, accused, EDWIN JULIAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 113692-93 | 1997-04-04

R E S O L U T I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Rape is chilling, naked sadism. It is marked by the savagery and brutality of the assault on the helpless victim's person and privacy. Thus, a severe penalty is meted our by the State, as parens patriae, for this abhorrent crime, revealing the clear legislative intent to "protect women against the unbridled bestiality of persons who cannot control their libidinous proclivities." 1

This is an appeal from the Decision 2 dated September 15, 1993 of the Regional Trial Court, First Judicial Region, Branch 15 3 stationed in Laoag City, in Criminal Case No. 2822-15 finding Accused-appellant Edwin Julian...