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Carlos Carpio vs. PEOPLE.

CARLOS CARPIO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. L-64349 | 1988-05-27

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Petitioner Carlos Carpio seeks reversal of the decision of the Sandiganbayan finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the felony of Violation of Domicile under Article 128 of the Revised Penal Code and accordingly sentencing him to an indeterminate penalty ranging from four (4) months and twenty-one (21) days of arresto mayor, as minimum, to one (1) year, one (1) month and eleven (11) days of prision correccional, as maximum.

The indictment upon which he was arraigned and tried stated that "on or about March 13, 1982, in the City of Manila, . . . (Carpio,) being then the Barangay Chairman of Barrio...