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PEOPLE vs Edison Arellano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDISON ARELLANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122477 | 2000-06-30

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cauayan, Isabela, Branch 19, in Criminal Case No. 19-656,1 [Presided by Judge Artemio R. Alivia.] sentencing appellant Edison Arellano to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for the crime of murder.

The conviction of the appellant stemmed from an information reading as follows:

The undersigned Provincial Prosecutor, accuses EDISON ARELLANO and ROMEO TINDENILLA, of the crime of MURDER, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, committed as follows:

That on or about the 25th day of July, 1993, in the municipality...