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People vs. Lozano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEMESTOCLES LOZANO @ TOMMY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125080 | 1998-09-25

DECISION
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
Alibi and denial cannot prevail over the clear and positive identification of the appellant as the perpetrator of the crime and the victim’s detailed narration of the events on that fateful day. Aside from civil indemnity, a rape victim may be awarded moral and exemplary damages. The appreciation of ignominy as a generic aggravating circumstance, absent any mitigating ones to offset it, entitles the victim to exemplary damages.
 
The Case

Temestocles Lozano seeks the reversal of the February 29, 1996 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Maasin, Southern Leyte, Branch 25, in Criminal...