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PEOPLE vs. Emiterio D. Pascual, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMITERIO PASCUAL, JR., Y DOMINGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-53403 | 1981-11-12

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Automatic review of the death sentence imposed by the Circuit Criminal Court of the First Judicial District at Tuguegarao, Cagayan on the accused Emiterio Pascual, Jr. y Domingo for the crime of rape with homicide.

It appears that appellant, on being arraigned, on November 15, 1979, pleaded not guilty with the assistance of Atty. Oscar Lorenzo as counsel de oficio. 1 When the case was called for hearing on February 5, 1980, appellant, assisted by the same counsel, withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty (pp. 55-56, Record). The proceedings taken on that day are recorded as follows:

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