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PEOPLE vs Marciano Tinampay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCIANO TINAMPAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 146271 | 2003-05-29

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Along with the festive close of the school year on March 21, 1996 came the gruesome end of Eulogio Entac's life. For his murder, an information was filed against the accused Tinampay on May 17, 1996, viz:

"That on or about 7:00 o'clock in the evening of March 21, 1996, at Sitio Calangag, Bonawon, Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, with treachery and evident premeditation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously ATTACK, ASSAULT, and HACK one Eulogio Entac with the use of a long bolo, with which...