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PEOPLE vs. Gonzales

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEANDRO GONZALES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-710 | 1948-03-05

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J:

The defendant-appellant was accused of treason in the People's Court on seven counts. The appealed judgment - which found the appellant guilty and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua, with corresponding accessory penalties, and to pay a fine of ten thousand pesos and the costs, - contains specific pronouncement expressly overruling counts 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. As to the third count, the People's Court merely held that: "The accused, on the night of December 31, 1944, participated in a raid on barrio Cumba, Lipa, Batangas, made by a patrol of Japanese soldiers and other Filipino followers and on that occasion...