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PEOPLE v. CLARO BERNAL

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2007-01-29
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01332 which affirmed in toto the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 166, finding accused-appellant Judy Salidaga y Quintano guilty of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay his victim, AAA,[3] the amounts of P50,000.00, as civil indemnity, and P50,000.00, as moral damages. He was also ordered to pay the costs of suit.
2003-09-16
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.
It is basic that for self-defense to prosper, the following requisites must concur:  (1) there must be unlawful aggression by the victim; (2) that the means employed to prevent or repel such aggression were reasonable; and (3) that there was lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself.[76]