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PEOPLE vs Edwin Suelto

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. EDWIN SUELTO Y CORDETA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 103515 | 1999-10-07

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

Appellant, Edwin Suelto y Cordeta, seeks reversal of the Decision1 [Rollo, p. 30.] dated September 20, 1991, in Criminal Case No. TCS 1112, of the Regional Trial Court of Toledo City, Branch 29. The court found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of parricide for the death of his wife, Juanita Suelto.

The Information2 [Records, p. 1.] against appellant dated August 15, 1989, reads as follows:

"That at around 1:00 o'clock in the morning of August 6, 1989, at Barangay Don Andres Soriano, Toledo City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused armed...