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2007-09-21 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| To reiterate, courts usually give greater weight to the testimony of a girl who fell victim to sexual assault, especially a minor, particularly in cases of incestuous rape, because no woman would be willing to undergo a public trial and bear the concomitant shame, humiliation, and dishonor of exposing her own degradation were it not for the purpose of condemning injustice and ensuring that the offender is punished.[22] | |||||
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2007-08-08 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Moreover, settled is the rule that testimonies of rape victims, especially child victims, are given full weight and credit. xxx. We have ruled that when a woman, more so if she is a minor, says she has been raped, she says, in effect, all that is necessary to prove that rape was committed. Youth and immaturity are generally badges of truth. Courts usually give greater weight to the testimony of a girl who is a victim of sexual assault, especially a minor, particularly in cases of incestuous rape, because no woman would be willing to undergo a public trial and put up with the shame, humiliation and dishonor of exposing her own degradation were it not to condemn an injustice and to have the offender apprehended and punished. The embarrassment and stigma of allowing an examination of her private parts and testifying in open court on the painfully intimate details of her ravishment effectively rule out the possibility of false accusations of rape.[24] | |||||
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2006-09-20 |
TINGA, J. |
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| We reiterate that a rape victim's testimony against her parent is entitled to great weight since Filipino children have a natural reverence and respect for their elders. These values are so deeply ingrained in Filipino families and it is unthinkable for a daughter, or daughters in this case, to brazenly concoct a story of rape against their/her father, if such were not true.[48] | |||||
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2006-08-31 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| Appellant further denies having raped Sally, asserting that he went fishing on three occasions in July of 1997. Denial, however, is inherently a weak defense and cannot prevail over the positive declarations of the victim.[24] For the defense of alibi and denial to prosper, appellant must prove by positive, clear and satisfactory proof that it was physically impossible for him to have been physically present at the scene of the crime or its immediate vicinity at the time of its commission.[25] | |||||
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2004-03-31 |
PER CURIAM |
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| It is settled jurisprudence that the testimony of a child-victim is given full weight and credence,[35] considering that when a woman, specially a minor, says that she has been raped, she says in effect all that is necessary to show that rape was committed.[36] Youth and immaturity are generally badges of truth and sincerity.[37] | |||||