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PEOPLE vs. Ricardo Tobias

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. RICARDO TOBIAS @ "DING", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 114185 | 1997-01-30

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

For the death of Esteban "Jojo" Lim, Jr., accused Ricardo Tobias was charged with murder in a criminal complaint 1 filed on 8 October 1990 with Branch 2 of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Santiago, Isabela. The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. II-1753

On 22 November 1990, upon motion 2 of the Prosecutor, the complaint was amended 3 from that murder to "Violation of PD 1866 Resulting to Murder" following the issuance by Capt. Abraham E. Garcillano, Chief of the Records, Legal and Research Branch of the Firearms and Explosives Office (LRB-FEO) in Camp Crame, Quezon City, of a certification dated...