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PEOPLE Vs. Teodoro Havana

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEODORO HAVANA, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Jose Palarca for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 68033 | 1991-07-31

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch VI in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, convicting the accused-appellant Teodoro Havana, a member of the Manobo tribe, a cultural minority in Agusan del Sur, of rape with homicide and imposing upon him the extreme penalty of death. 1

In an information dated March 1, 1984, the acting provincial fiscal charged Teodoro Havana with the crime of rape with homicide. It was alleged therein that on January 11, 1984 at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Havana had sexual intercourse with Exuperia Pisudas against her will in Sitio Magading, La Paz,...