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PEOPLE Vs. Gregorio Bersabe

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO BERSABE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122768 | 1998-04-27

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

No woman, particularly a six-year old child, would concoct a story of rape, allow an examination of her private parts and subject herself to the embarrassment and humiliation of a public trial if she has not, in fact, been a victim of defloration.

The Case

This Court reiterates this holding in denying this appeal from the Decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Naic, Cavite, Branch 15, finding Appellant Gregorio Bersabe guilty of rape and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

On June 19, 1984, Precita R. Ramos, on behalf of her six-year-old sister, Arlyn 2 R. Ramos, filed before the First Municipal...