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Leo Echegaray vs Secretary of Justice 297 SCRA 754

LEO ECHEGARAY y PILO, petitioner vs. THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE and THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS, THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY, BRANCH 104, respondents.

G.R. No. 132601 | 1998-10-12

D E C I S I O N 

PER CURIAM:


On June 25, 1996, this Court affirmed[1] the conviction of petitioner Leo Echegaray y Pilo for the crime of rape of the 10 year-old daughter of his common-law spouse and the imposition upon him of the death penalty for the said crime. 

Petitioner duly filed a Motion for Reconsideration raising mainly factual issues, and on its heels, a Supplemental Motion for Reconsideration raising for the first time the issue of the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 7659[2] (the death penalty law) and the imposition of the death penalty for the crime of rape. 

On February 7, 1998, this Court denied[3]...