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PEOPLE vs. Lansanas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN LANSANAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1622 | 1948-12-02

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the People's Court (Second Division), finding the appellant guilty of treason and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and its accessory penalties and to pay a fine of ten thousand pesos, plus the costs. Appellant's conviction was based only on counts V and VI of the information. The first charged the appellant with having enlisted, joined and served in the organization commonly known as Makapili. The second accused the appellant of having led and accompanied a patrol of Japanese soldiers and Makapilis to a raid in barrio Parian, municipality of Calamba, Province of Laguna,...