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People vs. Carlos Feliciano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS FELICIANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136258 | 2001-10-10

D E C I S I O N
 
VITUG, J.:

From being the subject of moral condemnation, the "Kiss of Judas" appears to attain a different dimension in criminal procedure. Indeed, by entering into an "unholy" contract with an accused, so that the latter might betray his partner in crime in exchange for an acquittal, the State demonstrates how far its efforts could go to vindicate crime. That the State should agree to become a party to setting up a premium on "treachery," and that it should reward conduct from which an honorable man would ordinarily recoil with aversion, paradoxically illustrates the perceived necessity of...