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PEOPLE Vs. Fordito V. Ruelan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FORDITO RUELAN Y VILLABER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 106152 | 1994-04-19

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 13, convicting the accused, Fordito Ruelan, of the crime of MURDER and imposing on him the penalty of "life imprisonment."

The information reads:

"That on or about August 18, 1988, in the City of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, with treachery and evident premeditation, using an axe did then and there willfully, (sic) unlawfully and feloniously attack and assault Rosa Jardiel, inflicting a hack wound on the head and forehead of the...