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2011-06-22 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| Neither is it improbable for appellant to employ such criminal design in the presence of his (appellant) own family especially when overcome by lust. "It is a common judicial experience that rapists are not deterred from committing their odious act by the presence of people nearby." [24] "[L]ust is no respecter of time and place." [25] As established, "AAA" was silenced by appellant's threat of killing her with a knife. [26] Thus, the reason for "AAA's" failure to shout or cry for help is because she was overcame by fear. It has been held that minors, like "AAA", could be easily intimidated and cowed into silence even by the mildest threat against their lives. [27] | |||||