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PEOPLE vs. Rama

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE RAMA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 34886 | 1931-08-22

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu in this case in so far as it imposes an additional penalty upon the accused for habitual criminality, and counsel for the appellant relies upon the following grounds: That Act No. 3397 is unconstitutional; that the appellant's convictions of 1918, 1920, and 1927 (Exhibits D, E, F, and G) should not be taken into account because they have not been proved; and that, at any rate no notice should be taken in this case of the defendant's convictions of 1918 and 1920 (Exhibits D, E, F) as they took place ten years before the commission of...