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	GR Nos. 140034-35 2003-08-14	PEOPLE v. RODOLFO ZABALA Y BACORRO QUISUMBING, J.
On the findings of the medico-legal officer, Dra. Estela Guerrero-Manalo, we hold that they do not negate rape. Absence of fresh injuries in complainant's private parts would not negate rape since proof of hymenal lacerations is not an element of rape.[26] The presence of healed scars is also not an essential element. Introduction of the male organ within the labia majora of the pudendum of the female organ is enough[27] to constitute the offense.
	GR Nos. 115236-37 2002-01-29	PEOPLE v. BRYAN FERDINAND DY Y LA MADRID YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
No decent woman in her right mind would tell a tale that could sully her reputation and bring undue embarrassment and shame to herself and expose her family to all sorts of public aspersions if it is not the truth.[35] If her story had only been contrived, she would not have been so composed and consistent throughout her entire testimony in the face of intense and lengthy interrogation.[36] Indeed, if an accused had really nothing to do with the crime, it is against the natural order of events and human nature and against the presumption of good faith that the prosecution witness would falsely testify against the former.[37]