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People vs. Francisco

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN FRANCISCO, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. L-37418 | 1979-09-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, J:

This is a case of rape with murder. In an information dated August 2, 1968 the fiscal charged Juan Francisco with that offense. It was alleged therein that on July 25, 1968 Francisco had sexual inter course with Josefa Abusejo, a nine-year-old girl, in a coffee plantation located in Barrio Gutapol, Kibawe, Bukidnon and thereafter he strangled and killed her (Criminal Case No. l981).

At his arraignment on April 30, 1969, Francisco, assisted by a counsel de oficio, pleaded guilty. The trial court in its decision of June 7, 1969 sentenced him to death. However, that judgment was set aside by this Court...