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2000-02-23 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Appellant insists that he did not get private complainant pregnant. He cites the testimony of defense witness Rafael Libres, a classmate of the victim, to the effect that complainant admitted to him that appellant had not caused her pregnancy. According to Libres, complainant identified either one Willy Guitano or a certain man from Sagumay, Candijay, Bohol as the possible father of her child. Appellant also points an accusing finger at private complainant's stepfather as a possible culprit. This attempt to impugn the victim's moral character by the appellant is self-serving and unsupported by the evidence. Furthermore, the question of who sired the victim's child has no bearing here, for in rape cases, the identity of the father of the victim's child is not an issue, pregnancy not being an element of the crime.[25] | |||||