PEOPLE V. SEVILLA
December 8, 1999
The accused raped his 14 yr. old daughter. He started making sexual advances when she was
6 and finally had sexual intercourse with her 8 yrs. later. Appellant questions the credibility of
the victim's testimony since it took 8 yrs. before she complained of his acts.
HELD:
Guilty. The fact that Myra did not complain to her mother or her aunts about the sexual abuses
committed by her father against her for eight long years, is of no moment. Myra, who was of a
very tender age when the horrible events in her life began to unfold, could have, in all probability, been confused and bewildered by her experience that for more than half of her
young life, she was shocked into utter insensibility. Furthermore, a rape victim’s testimony is entitled to greater weight when she accuses a close relative of having raped her, as in the case of a daughter against her father.
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