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2007-09-25 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| There is also no error when the Court of Appeals rejected appellant's argument of the improbability of the rape to have happened in the morning under a mango tree, near AAA's house, where people usually pass by. The presence of people in a certain place is no guarantee that rape will not and can not be committed.[12] For rape to be committed, it is unnecessary for the place to be ideal, or the weather to be fine, for rapists bear no respect for place and time when they execute their evil deed.[13] In one case, this Court held that rape may be committed even inside a room in a crowded squatters' colony and even during a wake.[14] | |||||
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2003-10-06 |
PER CURIAM |
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| The trial court awarded P75,000 to the victim Mary Ghel Guanco as civil indemnity, and P75,000 as moral damages. It did not award exemplary damages. Conformably to case law, the victim in rape cases is entitled to P75,000 as civil indemnity, and P75,000 as moral damages when the death penalty is imposed by the Court. She is also entitled to exemplary damages in the amount of P25,000 as a vindication of the undue sufferings and wanton invasion of her rights, and to punish the appellant for his outrageous conduct.[34] | |||||