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People Vs Joel Bromo @ "Cano"

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL BROMO @ “CANO”, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 97914 | 1999-11-22

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

Accused-appellant Joel Bromo appeals from the decision dated March 11, 1991 of the Regional Trial Court of Negros Oriental, Branch 34, Dumaguete City,[1] in Criminal Case No. 5842, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder qualified by treachery, imposing the penalty of reclusion perpetua and directing him to indemnify the heirs of the victim the sum of P30,000.

In an amended information dated March 2, 1984, Joel Bromo alias "Cano" was charged by Assistant Provincial Fiscal, Jacinto S. Bautista with murder, allegedly committed as follows:[2]

"That on or about the 19th day of...