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PEOPLE Vs. Jovencio De Paz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOVENCIO DE PAZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 86436 | 1992-08-04

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

This is an appeal by accused-appellant Jovencio de Paz from the decision 1 dated June 25, 1987 of the Regional Trial Court of Palo, Leyte, Branch VIII, Eighth Judicial Region in Criminal Case No. 5767, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Court finds Jovencio de Paz guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder which is punishable by Reclusion Temporal in its maximum period to death. Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, he is sentenced to suffer the penalty of Prision Mayor in its maximum period to Reclusion Temporal in its medium period or TEN (10) YEARS and ONE (1)...