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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO ACADEMIA, JR. Y BALDADO alias” JUN”, accused-appellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO ACADEMIA, JR. Y BALDADO alias” JUN”, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129251 | 1999-05-18

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 39, Dumaguete City, finding accused-appellant guilty of murder.

In an information dated 28 June 1991, Pedro Academia, Jr., alias "Jun", was charged with murder, viz:

"That on May 15, 1991 at about seven o'clock in the evening, at Sitio Elli, Barangay Magsulay, Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill and with treachery and evident premeditation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously armed with a short firearm assault, attack...