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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Saligan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GOMEZ SALIGAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35792 | 1973-11-29

D E C I S I O N

CASTRO, J:
The defendant-appellant Gomez Saligan was indicted before the Court of First Instance of Davao del Norte (Branch I), in its Criminal Case 952, for the crime of rape with homicide. The information charged that on July 2, 1972, in the municipality of Maco, province of Davao del Norte, the defendant raped one Teofista Maloloy-on and thereafter hacked her to death.
At his arraignment on September 22, 1972, Saligan pleaded guilty to the information. The trial court then promulgated its decision in open court, finding Saligan guilty and sentencing him, among others, to the penalty of death.
This case is now with us on...