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PEOPLE vs Medrillo Rodriguez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MEDRILLO RODRIGUEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133984 | 2002-01-30

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Lust is one of man's many greedy imperfections. The urge to gratify sexual passion is known to entice a man to throw caution to the wind and forsake reason in yielding to the worldly demand of the flesh.

In a small shanty lived accused Medrillo Rodriguez and his three motherless children. Lolibeth Rodriguez, the eldest, took to looking after her 11-year old brother and 8-year old sister. It was the usual domestic routine for a family of four until one unsuspecting night of December 1995 that had changed it all. The accused gave in to the order of lust and had carnal knowledge of his daughter Lolibeth who could...