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PEOPLE vs. Edgardo Grefaldia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. EDGARDO GREFALDIA, accused-appellant. Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee.

G.R. No. 121787 | 1997-06-17

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J:

Accused-appellant Edgardo Grefaldia seeks the reversal of the decision 1 of 15 November 1994 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 61, in Criminal Case No. 3327-G, convicting him of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P50,000.

The information to which the accused-appellant entered a plea of not guilty 2 reads as follows:

That on or about the 3rd day of December 1988, at Barangay San Pablo, Municipality of Buenavista, Province of Quezon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction...