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PEOPLE vs. Moreno

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MIGUEL M. MORENO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-64 | 1946-10-28

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J:
This is an appeal by the defendant Miguel M. Moreno from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga, which found him guilty of the crime charged with the aggravating circumstances of premeditation and cruelty and without any mitigating circumstance, and sentenced the defendant to death and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased.

The appellant was at the outbreak of the war a prisoner serving sentence in the San Ramon Penal Colony Farm, situated in the City of Zamboanga. During the Japanese occupation, he befriended and gained the confidence of the Japanese naval authorities, was released from...