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PEOPLE vs. Diosdado Egot

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIOSDADO EGOT, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35775 | 1984-06-29

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

Automatic review of the decision rendered by the defunct Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Sur in Criminal Case No. 72 because of the imposition of the death penalty.

In an information dated July 15, 1970, DIOSDADO EGOT was accused of rape said to have been committed as follows:

"That on February 4, 1970, at about 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon, in the cemetery of barrio Pangi, municipality of Ipil, province of Zamboanga del Sur, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused with lewd designs, in order to facilitate the commission of the...