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PEOPLE vs Norman Obordo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NORMAN OBORDO y BULALAKAW, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139528 | 2002-05-09

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Before the Court is an appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Branch 11, dated July 2, 1999 in Criminal Case No. 7659 finding accused-appellant Norman Obordo y Bulalakaw guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

On January 28, 1997, accused-appellant was charged with murder in an information which alleged:

That at dawn, on or about January 23, 1997 in Barangay Antipolo, City of Dapitan, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a hunting...