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2000-10-20 |
PARDO, J. |
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| occurrence of rape, proof of injury not being an essential element of that crime.[24] Lack of lacerated wounds does not negate sexual intercourse.[25] Even the slightest touching of the female genitalia, or mere introduction of the male organ into the labia of the pudendum constitutes carnal knowledge.[26] Moreover, when a woman, in this case a girl barely in her teens, says she has been raped, she in effect says all that is necessary to show that she has been raped, provided her testimony is credible.[27] It is highly inconceivable that a young girl of | |||||