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Rosendo Tandoc Y De Leon Vs. People of the Phil.

ROSENDO TANDOC y DE LEON, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 150648 | 2007-11-23

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari[1] of the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 23259, convicting Rosendo de Leon Tandoc (Rosendo) of the crime of frustrated homicide and the Resolution[3] of the same court denying his Motion for Reconsideration.

A complaint for frustrated homicide was filed against Rosendo in the Office of the City Prosecutor. Rosendo did not appear or submit a counter-affidavit on preliminary investigation. On October 2, 1995, a case for frustrated homicide was filed against Rosendo in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 81, in an...