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PEOPLE vs. Florentino Mamatik 105 Phil 479

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENTINO MAMATIK, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-11922 | 1959-04-16

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

Florentino Mamatik was accused of acts of lasciviousness committed in the Municipality of Pugo, La Union, and in an uninhabited place, against the person of one Maria Langas, thirteen year of age. When the case was called for arraignment before the Court of First Instance of La Union, the defendant appeared without counsel and the court appointed Atty. Ramon R. Villalon, Jr. as his counsel de officio, and on the latter's petition that arraignment be postponed in order to enable him to confer with his client, arraignment was set for December 10, 1956. On that day, the defendant appeared without his counsel...