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People vs. Licera

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAFAEL LICERA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-39990 | 1975-07-02

D E C I S I O N

CASTRO, J:

This is an appeal, on a question of law, by Rafael Licera from the judgment dated August 14, 1968 of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Mindoro convicting him of the crime of illegal possession of firearm and sentencing him to imprisonment of five (5) years. We reverse the judgment of conviction, for the reasons hereunder stated. 

On December 3, 1965 the Chief of Police of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, filed a complaint, subscribed and sworn to by him, with the municipal court of the said municipality, charging Rafael Licera with illegal possession of a Winchester rifle, Model 55, Caliber .30. On...