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PEOPLE vs. Manuel Morales

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL MORALES y ALAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-44096 | 1983-04-20

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

The criminal perversity exhibited in these charges for Infanticide and Rape, which were jointly tried, argues strongly against the abolition of capital punishment from our statute books.

In Criminal Case No. 905 filed on April 1, 1976 before the former Court of First Instance of Oriental Mindoro, Branch II, the accused was charged with the rape of his own daughter, with the Information alleging:

"That sometime in the month of December, 1974, at around 12:00 o'clock midnight, in the Barrio of Maluanluan, Municipality of Pola, Province of Oriental Mindoro, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,...