Back

Danilo

DANILO "DANNY"MENDOZA, Petitioner, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 139759 | 2005-01-14



THIRD DIVISION
DECISION

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For our resolution is the petition for review on certiorari seeking the modification of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, dated June 29, 1999, in CA-G.R. CR No. 21536, which affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 12, Laoag City, in Criminal Case No. 7190.   In this case the trial court convicted accused Danilo Mendoza, petitioner herein, for homicide wherein the victim was Alfonso Nisperos.  Petitioner does not seek an acquittal but merely prays that the privileged mitigating circumstance of incomplete self-defense be considered in his favor.

The...