This case has been cited 1 times or more.
|
2000-11-17 |
BELLOSILLO, J. |
||||
| In People v. Bormeo,[15] the 2-1/2-year old victim immediately ran to her grandmother crying, with her legs apart and blood trickling down her feet, after having been violated by her grandmother's common-law husband. While we are not unmindful that rape victims may react in different ways,[16] given the variance of their background and upbringing and the nature of the crime, we have however said often enough that the conduct of the victim immediately following the alleged assault is of the utmost importance as tending to establish the truth or falsity of the charge.[17] Khristine's apparent nonchalance to the evil done to her by accused-appellant seems to suggest indeed that no rape was committed, or at the very least, that she was not harmed after all. | |||||