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PEOPLE vs. FAUSTINO GABON

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FAUSTINO GABON y CUMPA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127003 | 2001-11-16

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

The law has seen it fit to prescribe the penalty of death in the commission of exceptionally offensive crimes; nevertheless, a death sentence is not indiscriminately imposed or passed upon with indifference, and it is only after all the legally pertinent facts and circumstances attendant to the case are firmly established and fully assessed when that extreme punishment will be finally decreed.

Accused Faustino Gabon y Cumpa was charged with the crime of rape in a complaint filed by Michelle Gabon that read:

"COMPLAINT

"The undersigned Complainant under oath accuses FAUSTINO GABON y CUMPA of the crime of...