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PEOPLE vs Antonio Barcelon, Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO BARCELON, JR. Y RENDURA @ "JUN," accused-appellant

G.R. No. 144308 | 2002-09-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the decision[1] dated August 8, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 127, in Criminal Case No. C-58255 (99), finding appellant Antonio Barcelon, Jr., guilty of murder and imposing on him the penalty of death.

Appellant was charged with the crime of murder in an amended information which reads as follows:

That on or about the 24th day of November, 1999, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the above-named accused, without any justifiable cause, with deliberate intent to kill, did then and there,...