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PEOPLE vs Pericelito Vallespin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PERICELITO VALLESPIN alias “BOBOY,” accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132030 | 2002-10-18

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Mandaue City, Branch 28, in Criminal Case No. DU-5016, convicting accused-appellant Pericelito Vallespin, alias Boboy, of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information dated April 18, 1995 charging the accused-appellant with the crime of murder reads:

"The undersigned accuses PERICELITO VALLESPIN alias 'Boboy' of the crime of Murder, committed as follows:

"That on the 25th day of January 1995 at 2:30 o'clock in the morning, more or less, at Barangay Pulpogan, Municipality of...