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People vs. Basuel

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAYMUNDO BASUEL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28215 | 1972-10-13

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J:

Defendant-appellant Raymundo Basuel appealed (p. 426, Vol. I, rec.) from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur on September 15, 1967 (in Crim. Case No. 3959) sentencing him for murder to life imprisonment and to indemnify the heirs of the victim Leona Mendoza in the amount of P6,000.00 (pp. 405-422, Vol. I, rec.).

The information for murder, filed on June 3, 1960 (p. 16, Vol. I, rec.), alleges:

"That on or about the 27th day of July, 1958, in the municipality of Sinait, province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused,...