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PEOPLE vs. Mariano Entes

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO ENTES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-50632 | 1981-02-24

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

The trial court imposed the death penalty on the appellant, Mariano Entes; hence his case is before Us on automatic review.

On April 12, 1977, Rosa Entes filed a verified complaint for rape against her father, Mariano Entes. When Mariano waived his right to the second stage of a preliminary investigation, the case was elevated to the Court of First Instance of Palawan for trial on the merits. The information filed therein reads:

"The undersigned [Provincial Fiscal Felix B. Mintu], upon prior complaint filed by the offended party ROSA ENTES, accuses MARIANO ENTES of the crime of `RAPE', committed as...