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PEOPLE vs Joel Solayao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL SOLAYAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137043 | 2001-12-12

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Accused-appellant Joel Solayao (JOEL) was charged with murder before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 30, in Basey, Samar, in Criminal Case No. 95-2091 under an information[1] whose accusatory portion reads as follows:

That on or about the 29th day of March, 1995, at about 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon, at Brgy. Pagsulhogon, Municipality of Sta. Rita, Province of Samar, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with treachery and deliberate intent to kill one ANTONIO LACABA, did, then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attacked [sic],...