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Ramos vs. Gonong

ODELON RAMOS, petitioner, vs. HON. ARSENIO M. GONONG, Judge, Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte Branch IV, and MARIANO NALUPTA, SR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-42010 | 1976-08-31

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

This petition for certiorari challenges the validity of an amendment of a judgment of conviction after the accused had manifested in writing to the trial court the withdrawal of his appeal, with prayer for the execution of the judgment. The antecedent facts are as follows:

On September 21, 1972, petitioner Odelon Ramos was charged with the crime of Damage to Property with Multiple Physical Injuries thru Reckless Imprudence before Branch IV of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte, with respondent Judge presiding. 1

On October 3, 1975, after trial, a decision was rendered in said criminal case,...