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2001-11-22 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| In addition, we cannot believe that a 12-year old barrio girl would fabricate a rape charge, implicate a tanod of her barangay, submit herself to examination, and subject her family to the rigors of a rape trial just to earn a few thousand pesos. Sarah Joy's conduct immediately after the sexual assault belies accused-appellant's claim that the rape charge against him was trumped up. She was found by her parents in the early morning of March 16, 1996, half-naked, crying, and trembling. This is not the conduct of a person who is alleged to have filed a rape case for financial gain. As this Court has observed, the conduct of a woman immediately following the alleged sexual assault is of utmost importance as it tends to establish the truth or falsity of her claim.[45] | |||||
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2001-02-07 |
PANGANIBAN, J. |
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| It is inconceivable that a young rural lass will cry rape, allow an examination of her private parts, undergo the trouble and the humiliation of a public and open trial, and put herself and her family under public scrutiny, if she were not motivated to bring to justice the person who had dishonored and defiled her.[17] | |||||