Supreme Court decision · Criminal Law

People v. Villanueva

G. R. No. 39550 · Promulgated May 24, 1934

In brief

This case is about the acquittal of Pedro Villanueva upon appeal, reversing the lower court's decision and canceling his provisional liberty bond.

Appeal, Acquittal, Provisional Liberty, Cost De Oficio, Remand

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[ G. R. No. 39550, May 24, 1934 ]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. PEDRO VILLANUEVA, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

D E C I S I O N

J. STEVENS-ACTING CLERK OF COURT

This court having regularly acquired jurisdiction for the trial of the above-entitled cause submitted by both parties for decision,after consideration thereof by the Court upon the record, its decision and order for the judgment having been filed on the ________8th________day of ________May________, A. D. nineteen hundred and _________thirty-four________;

By virtue thereof it is hereby adjudged and decreed that the order of the Court of the First Instance of ___________Manila________, dated the __________24th__________ day of __________March____________, nineteen hundred and ___________thirty-three____________, and from which the above-entitled appeal was taken, be, and the same is hereby, reversed and the defendant is acquitted of the crime with which he is charged, with costs de oficio, and the bond given for his provisional liberty is cancelled.

It is further ordered that the said cause be remanded to the Court of First Instance