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De Nacional vs. Zosa

LUISA DE NACIONAL, complainant, vs. HON. JUDGE SEGUNDO M. ZOSA, respondent.

A.M. No. 392 | 1975-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

Respondent, the Honorable Segundo M. Zosa, District Judge of Samar is charged by complainant Luisa de Nacional with having committed an alleged miscarriage of justice in two criminal cases heard before him by imposing upon the accused in two separate criminal cases a penalty much lower than what the law provides for the offense charged therein. In Criminal Case No. 7882, accused Antonio Cortes was charged with "Frustrated Murder" of complainant's husband, Paul Nacional and was given a penalty of only two (2) months in jail after erroneously crediting him with the mitigating circumstances of drunkenness,...