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PEOPLE vs. Francisco See

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO SEE, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. L-36347 | 1983-12-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this case of robbery with homicide and rape is whether Francisco See made an improvident plea when he changed his plea of not guilty to guilty after the prosecution had presented as evidence his extrajudicial confession (Exh. A), whose voluntariness and due execution he has not questioned, and the testimonies of Isabelo Secuya, the robbery victim; Fiscal Pedro Casia who administered the oath to accused confessant; Patrolman Amador T. Taroy who took the confession, and the health officer who examined the rape victim, Adela S. Estrella.

Two hearings were held during which the prosecution's...