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PEOPLE Vs. Leo T. Villanueva

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. LEO T. VILLANUEVA, respondent.

G.R. No. 77396 | 1992-07-20

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Virac, Catanduanes, Branch 43 ** convicting the accused-appellant Leo T, Villanueva of the crime of Homicide with the use of unlicensed firearm, defined and penalized under Presidential Decree No. 1866, Section 1, paragraph 2 thereof, the decretal portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Leo Villanueva guilty of the offense in violation of Sec. 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1866 as charged in the information, and the Court hereby imposes the penalty of DEATH. The accused is further ordered to pay the heirs of Deogracias...