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2007-02-23 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| In previous decisions, the Court has had occasions to discuss the intrinsic nature of a rape case as one which involves only two parties, the rapist and the victim. Thus, conviction or acquittal in rape cases depends entirely on the credibility of the victim's testimony because only the participants to the crime can testify as to its occurrence.[18] Unfortunately in the instant case, the Court does not have the facility of hearing the victim's testimony as she did not survive the brutality of her assailants. Hence, the prosecution had to rely on the testimonies of its principal witnesses, YYY and ZZZ, younger siblings of victim XXX. | |||||