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People of the Phil. Vs. Jose Tuazon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee versus JOSE TUAZON, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 168650 | 2007-10-26

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

AAA is the daughter of BBB by her first marriage. After the death of AAA's father, BBB contracted marriage with the appellant, Jose Tuazon; they then lived together as husband and wife, together with the former's children.

Instead of guarding his stepchildren/children against wrongful acts of strangers, the appellant committed lustful acts against one of them, by repeatedly abusing AAA. The first of this series of acts was committed in 1995 while AAA was still in Grade V.[1] She was at that time 11 years old, having been born on November 14, 1984 as shown in her certificate[2] of live birth.

One night...