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Babanto, Eusebio vs. Mariano A. Zosa

EUSEBIO BABANTO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE MARIANO A. ZOSA, Presiding Judge, Branch III, Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, et al., respondents.

G.R. No. L-32895 | 1983-02-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The petitioner who had been charged with the offense of rape punishable under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code questions the decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental convicting him of the lesser offense of qualified seduction.

The complaint states:

"The undersigned complainant after being duly sworn to in accordance with law, accused Eusebio Babanto of the crime of Rape, committed as follows:

That on or about the 24th day of October, 1969, in the town of Oroquieta, province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said...