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People vs. Ramos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SOCORRO C. RAMOS, defendant-appellee, PHOENIX PUBLISHING HOUSE INC., intervenor./SOCORRO C. RAMOS, petitioner, vs. HON. PLACIDO RAMOS, in his capacity as Presiding Judge, Branch III, CFI, Manila; and the

G.R. No. L-25265 | 1978-05-09

D E C I S I O N

SANTOS, J:

The above-entitled cases the first an appeal and the second a special civil action are decided jointly because they raise a common issue which arose from the prosecution of a common defendant, Socorro C. Ramos, for alleged violations of the copyright law viz, whether or not the extra day in the leap year, 1964 should be taken into consideration in the computation of the two-year period of prescription provided in Section 24 of the copyright law.

The factual and procedural antecedents follow.

On September 3, 1965, two criminal cases No. 80006 of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch III, and No. 80007...