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PEOPLE v. MANOLITO AGUSTIN

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	GR No. 141599 2004-06-29	PEOPLE v. CHRISTIAN GONZALES Y CAYUBIT PER CURIAM
Moreover, records show that Mary Grace cried during her direct examination. Such spontaneous emotional outburst strengthens her credibility. We held that the crying of the victim during her testimony is evidence of the credibility of the rape charge with the verity born out of human nature and experience.[20]
	GR No. 138471 2002-10-10	PEOPLE v. MANUEL PRUNA Y RAMIREZ OR ERMAN PRUNA Y RAMIREZ DAVIDE JR., C.J.
knowledge of the date of her birth but could only acquire knowledge thereof from her parents or relatives, said testimony was held admissible for being an assertion of family tradition regarding pedigree. Her testimony and the accused's admission that she was 5 years old during the commission of the crime were held sufficient to establish her age. 7. In People v. Agustin,[76] the victim's testimony that she was 14 years old at the time of the rape incidents, coupled with the express admission of her age by the accused who was her father, sufficiently proved her minority.
	GR No. 140733 2002-01-30	PEOPLE v. ARMANDO TAGUD CARPIO, J.
The trial court correctly gave full faith and credence to AAA's testimony. Youth and immaturity are generally badges of truth and sincerity.[14] The victim would not make public the offense, undergo the trouble and humiliation of a public trial, and endure the ordeal of narrating all its gory details, if she had not in fact been raped.[15] We quote AAA's testimony: "Q: This is May 23, 1998. Why did you go home on May 23, 1998?
	GR Nos. 140333-34 2001-12-11	PEOPLE v. LOVE JOY DE GUZMAN PER CURIAM
These special qualifying circumstances of minority[31] and relationship[32] have been pleaded in the information and duly proven by the prosecution. These were even admitted and confirmed by accused-appellant himself.[33] With regard to minority, it may be pointed out that a birth certificate or any other official document may no longer be necessary to establish the age of the victim where, as in this case, the same is admitted and not disputed by accused-appellant.[34] However, aside from said admission, the prosecution likewise produced Geneva's certificate of birth,[35] thus laying to rest any further question as to her minority.