pants and with a balisong in his hand, he began kissing the sensitive parts of her body.
Then he placed himself on top of her and tried to have sexual intercourse with her. He
succeeded in nudging her sex organ with the tip of his penis, but was unable to
accomplish penetration, due to the resistance offered by her by struggling and kicking
him. Nonetheless, the accused had orgasm and Jessica’s sex organ was smeared with
his semen. (Emphasis supplied, p. 2, Decision)
Such was the only rape incident where the trial court concluded there was no
penetration.
On the other hand, the factual basis for the conviction in Criminal Case No. 97-159187
in the body of the trial court’s decision reads:
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Anent Criminal Case No. 97-159187, the records further show that in November, 1996,
at around 11:00 p.m., Jessica was watching TV while the other siblings were asleep and
her mother was away, when accused again made sexual advances to her. She resisted
and told accused she might become pregnant, but the accused persisted and
threatened to kill her at that very moment if she would not submit to his lust. As in the
previous occasions, he again succeeded in having carnal knowledge of the helpless and
scared victim. After her defilement, the victim continually cried and the accused tried to
calm her down by assuring her that she would not be impregnated, because she has
not yet began to have menstruation (p. 3, Decision)
Consequently the conviction for frustrated rape should pertain to the incident in April
1994 described in Criminal Case No. 97-159185 and not Criminal Case No. 97-159187
since this case refers to the November 1996 rape incident where the findings of the trial
court was that there was carnal knowledge. 20
Moreover, the oversight of the court a quo in interchanging Criminal Case Nos. 97159185 and 97-159187 is further evidenced by the following paragraph found in page
four of the trial court decision:
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In Criminal Case 97-159185 and 97-159184, the acts of the accused in having carnal
knowledge of the victim by intimidation on two separate occasions in [the] early or
middle part [of] 1996, and in November of the same year, constitute two separate
crimes of qualified rape under R.A. 7659 and the penalty prescribed therefore is death
by lethal injection. 21 (Emphasis ours)
The rape incidents which occurred in 1996 were designated as Criminal Case Nos. 97159184 and 97-159187, as borne out by the informations filed by the City Prosecutor.
22 Thus, the conviction for frustrated rape should pertain to Criminal Case No. 97159185 and not Criminal Case No. 97-159187.
Regarding Criminal Case No. 97-159185 (the April 1994 rape incident), the Court
sustains appellant’s contention that there is no such crime as frustrated rape, as we
have ruled in a long line of cases. 23 Recently, in People v. Quinanola, 24 we again
reiterated the rule:
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Let it be said once again that, as the Revised Penal Code presently so stands, there is
no such crime as frustrated rape. In People v. Orita, the Court has explicitly