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People vs. Nazareno

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS D. NAZARENO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-45533 | 1977-11-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

It is to be expected that a brief for appellant would carry the impress of partisan zeal, at times even carried to excess. Necessarily then, it must be scrutinized with care. Moreover, allowance must be made for its biased character. It may not suffice therefore to discredit the appealed decision. When the plea for reversal is however reinforced by a careful and conscientious appraisal of the evidence of record coming from the then Acting Solicitor General Vicente V. Mendoza, 1 who, instead of filing appellee's brief, submitted a thirty-four page Manifestation recommending acquittal, it assumes a different...