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People vs. Tanchico

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RONALD TANCHICO y PABLO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32690 | 1979-10-23

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, J:

Automatic review of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch IV, Quezon City, in Criminal Case No. Q-6821, finding the accused, Ronald Tanchico y Pablo, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, and sentencing him to suffer the extreme penalty of death, 1 and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased, Mrs. Andrea de la Cerna de Tuazon, in the amount of P6,000.00.

It is not disputed that in the morning of January 7, 1966, the remains of Mrs. Andrea de la Cerna de Tuazon were found in an isolated and uninhabited place within the Doña Juana Subdivision in Quezon City.

Dr....