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PEOPLE Vs. Romulo De La Merced117 Phil. 304

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMULO DE LA MERCED, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-19145 | 1963-02-27

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

This case was forwarded here by the Court of Appeals as involving questions of law exclusively. 

Both Romulo de la Merced y Cruz and Jose Almorin were originally charged with the crime of serious physical injuries through reckless imprudence in the Municipal Court of Quezon City by an information dated 4 June 1957. Jose Almorin pleaded guilty, and was sentenced accordingly. Romulo de la Merced y Cruz entered a plea of not guilty, and, upon conviction, appealed to the Court of First Instance of Quezon City. In the latter court, he was likewise found to have driven his bus in a reckless and...