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Geronimo Dado vs PEOPLE

GERONIMO DADO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 131421 | 2002-11-18

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the June 26, 1997 decision of the Court of Appeals[1] in CA-G.R. CR No. 16886, which affirmed the decision[2] dated April 22, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court of Sultan Kudarat, Branch 19, in Criminal Case No. 2056, finding petitioner Geronimo Dado and his co-accused Francisco Eraso guilty of the crime of homicide.

In an Information dated August 24, 1993, petitioner Geronimo Dado and accused Francisco Eraso were charged with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That in the evening of May 25, 1992, at Sitio Paitan,...