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Nestor Sullon vs PEOPLE, et al.

NESTOR SULLON, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 139369 | 2005-06-27

D E C I S I O N 


CORONA, J.: 

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] affirming the decision,[2] dated July 5, 1995, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of South Cotabato in Criminal Case No. 1484-B. The trial court convicted petitioner of murder. Petitioner's co-accused, Ulyssess Evangelista, was acquitted for lack of evidence. 

In an information dated February 3, 1994, petitioner was accused of murder allegedly committed as follows: 

That on or about the 26th day of September, 1993, at about 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon thereof, at Sitio Solomon, Barangay Rizal, (Poblacion), Municipality...