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2002-02-20 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| Other than his self-serving testimony, appellant did not present any other evidence that would substantiate his claim of ill-motive on the part of Jonah. Indeed, it is highly inconceivable that a young girl would fabricate a serious charge of rape, submit to a medical examination of her private parts, and undergo the trauma and ordeal of a public trial during which she had to narrate in detail her tragic experience, unless she was in fact raped and motivated by a strong desire to seek justice for the wrong committed on her.[26] We thus conclude that no such improper motive exists and that her testimony is worthy of full faith and credit.[27] | |||||