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Jose vs. Court of Appeals,et al

LORENZO JOSE, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents

G.R. No. L-38581 | 1976-03-31

D E C I S I O N


MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Petitioner Lorenzo Jose who was convicted of illegal possession of explosives (handgrenade) and sentenced to suffer imprisonment of five years, seeks a new trial which was denied him by the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, Branch III, and by respondent Court of Appeals.

Petitioner thus poses one legal issue for the court to resolve, viz: did respondent appellate court commit an error of law and gravely abuse its discretion when it denied petitioner's motion for new trial "for the reception of (1) the written permit of petitioner to possess and use handgrenade, and (2) the written appointment of...