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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. 47458. November 16, 1940.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROGELIO OLOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Sinforoso Pangonil for Appellant.

Solicitor-General Ozaeta and Solicitor Kapunan, jr., for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; INFORMATION; HABITUAL DELINQUENCY. — An examination of the complaint filed with the municipal court of Baguio and the information filed by the city fiscal with the Court of First Instance for the city, will show that the information does not charge the nature of the offense charged. There is no material variance either as to the allegations of habitual delinquency. It was not necessary for the fiscal to file a new information as in cases of this nature the case is prosecuted upon the complaint filed in the inferior court. That which is unnecessary may be ignored and should not be made to affect the validity of the entire proceedings.

2. ID.; ID.; ID. — Decisions of this court subsequent to the Venus case have laid down the principle that substantial compliance with the requirements in the said case is enough to sustain convictions based on habitual delinquency.


D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J.:


On March 14, 1940, in the municipal court of Baguio, Rogelio Olod was charged with the crime of theft, the complaint further charging him with being a habitual delinquent. Pleading guilty upon arraignment, the accused was sentenced to suffer a penalty of two months and one day of arresto mayor, to indemnify the offended party in the sum of P12, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay the costs. As habitual delinquent, the accused uas sentenced to an additional penalty of two years, four months and one day of prision correccional. Defendant moved for reconsideration and prayed for the elimination of the additional penalty for habitual delinquency on the ground of insufficiency of the complaint. The motion for reconsideration was denied by the municipal court and the defendant interposed an appeal to the Court of First Instance. Upon elevation of the case to the latter court, the city fiscal filed an information charging the defendant with the same offense of theft and with being a habitual delinquent. To the new information, defendant, upon arraignment, pleaded guilty, and the Court of First Instance imposed upon him the same penalty meted out by the municipal court for the offense and as habitual delinquent. Defendant interposed this appeal and makes the following assignment of errors:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"I. The lower court erred in admitting, over the objection of the defendant, the new information filed by the provincial fiscal instead of proceeding with the trial of the case on the original complaint filed in the municipal court of the City of Baguio.

"I. The lower court erred in finding the defendant a habitual delinquent under article 62, subsection 5 of the Revised Penal Code."cralaw virtua1aw library

With reference to the first error assigned, an examination of the complaint filed with the municipal court of Baguio and the information filed by the City Fiscal with the Court of First Instance for the City, will show that the information does not change the nature of the offense charged. There is no material variance either as to the allegation of habitual delinquency. It was not necessary for the fiscal to file a new information as in cases of this nature the case is prosecuted upon the complaint filed in the inferior court. That which is unnecessary maybe ignored and should not be made to affect the validity of the entire proceedings. The first assignment of error is overruled.

As to the second error, decisions of this court subsequent to the Venus case have laid down the principle that substantial compliance with the requirements in the said case is enough to sustain convictions based on habitual delinquency. (People v. Pedro Javier y Rivero, G. R. No. 45470, June 30, 1937; People v. Andres Pedrosa y Consigra, G. R. No. 45708, January 29, 1938; People v. Costosa y Paeres, G. R. No. 47133, June 17, 1940; People v. Ocbina y de los Santos, G. R. No. 47031, June 22, 1940; People v. Evangelista y Joson, G. R. Nos. 46928, January 29, 1940; 46927, 46926, February 12, 1940.) This is the case here.

The judgment appealed from is hereby affirmed, with costs against the appellant. So ordered.

Avanceña, C.J., Imperial, Diaz, and Horrilleno, JJ., concur.




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