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Alcantara vs Director of Prisons 75 Phil 749

ANICETO ALCANTARA, petitioner, vs. DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-6 | 1945-11-29

D E C I S I O N 

FERIA, J: 

This is a petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus and for the release of the petitioner on the ground that the latter is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by the respondent Director of Prisons in the provincial jail at Vigan, Ilocos Sur. 

Petitioner was convicted by the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur (Criminal case No. 23) of the crime of illegal discharge of firearms with less serious physical injuries. Upon appeal, the Court of Appeals of Northern Luzon at Baguio modified said sentence (CA-G.R. No. 790) and sentenced the petitioner to an indeterminate penalty...