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PEOPLE vs. Godofredo Romero 093 Phil 128

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. GODOFREDO ROMERO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. Nos. L-4517-20 | 1953-05-25

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.:

Godofredo Romero was charged with murder, frustrated murder, attempted murder, and illegal possession of firearm in separate informations filed by the provincial fiscal in the Court of First Instance of Antique on October 31, 1949. After a plea of guilty had been entered, trial of the four cases was set for December of that year; but, upon motion of the defense and with the accused out on bail, it was later postponed to February, 1950. Trial, however, was not held as scheduled, because the defense again asked for postponement and the court, acceding to the motion but with warning that it was doing so for the...