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PEOPLE vs Cornelia Suelto

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CORNELIA SUELTO alias "ELY" alias "ROGELIA SUELTO", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126097 | 2000-02-08

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Accused-appellant Cornelia Suelto alias Rogelia Suelto appeals from the judgment rendered by Branch 34 of the Regional Trial Court of Negros Oriental, in Criminal Case No. 10753 finding her guilty of the murder of Isabel Ruales.1 [Rollo, 35-45. Per Judge Rosendo B. Bandal, Jr.]

The information charging accused reads -

That on or about 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon of November 8, 1992, at barangay Cancawas, San Jose, Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, with treachery and evident premeditation, did, then and...