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R. Domingo vs. Dir of Prisons

RAMON DOMINGO Y REYES, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-1229 | 1947-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MORAN, C.J:

This is a petition for habeas corpus filed by Ramon Domingo y Reyes against the Director of Prisons. It is alleged therein that the petitioner w as charged with murder before the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch I, presided over by Judge Rafael Dinglasan, and that on August 20, 19'16, he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. However, on August 30, 1946, when the case was called for trial before the same court, counsel for the accused Atty. Celestino de Dios, made a statement to the effect that the accused would plead guilty to the crime not of murder but of homicide, to which the Fiscal answered that...