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PEOPLE Vs. Octavio Juanga

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OCTAVIO JUANGA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 83903 | 1990-08-30

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Octavio Juanga, herein accused-appellant seeks a review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 24, finding him guilty of murder.

An information was filed charging Octavio Juanga with murder committed as follows:

"That on or about March 5, 1982, in the municipality of Leganes, province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above named accused, taking advantage of the nighttime, armed with homemade shotgun (pugakhang) with treachery and evident premeditation and with a decided purpose to kill, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and...