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PEOPLE vs Edgar Lopez y Emoylan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGAR LOPEZ y EMOYLAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131151 | 1999-08-25

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

After appellant was charged and tried under an information which reads:

"That on or about the 19th day of December 1994, in the Municipality of Dasmariñas, Province of Cavite, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, being then armed with a bolo, and with treachery and evident premeditation, did, then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, attack, assault and hack the person of Bonifacio David, inflicting upon said victim mortal wound on the neck thereby causing his subsequent death, to the damage and prejudice of...