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PEOPLE, appellee, vs DOMINGO PEREZ

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. DOMINGO PEREZ y DE LEON, appellant.

G.R. No. 134756 | 2001-02-13

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

A frontal attack does not necessarily rule out treachery. The qualifying circumstance may still be appreciated if the attack was so sudden and so unexpected that the deceased had no time to prepare for his or her defense.

The Case

Domingo Perez y de Leon appeals the March 4, 1998 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan (Branch 21), in Criminal Case No. 519-M-91, finding him guilty of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an Information dated March 14, 1991, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Victoria Fernandez Bernardo charged appellant with murder, allegedly...