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PEOPLE vs PO2 Leonardo Joyno

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PO2 LEONARDO K. JOYNO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 123982 | 1999-03-15

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision dated December 29, 1995 of the Regional Trial Court of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Branch 11 in Criminal Case No. S-2406 finding accused-appellant Leonardo K. Joyno guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Parricide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the sum of P50,000.00.

The Information'1 [p. 17, Record.] dated May 4, 1994 charging PO2 Leonardo K. Joyno with the crime of Parricide reads as follows:

"That in the evening on or about the 9th day of March, 1994, in the municipality of Salug,...