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PEOPLE vs Romeo Llanda (At Large)

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO LLANDA (At Large), accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133386 | 2002-11-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Ozamiz City, Branch 15, dated May 27, 1996, in Criminal Case No. 1535, convicting appellant Romeo Llanda of murder and imposing on him the death penalty.

On October 7, 1994, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Misamis Occidental charged appellant with murder in an information, which states:

That on or about the 3rd day of September, 1994, at about 6:30 o'clock in the evening, in barangay Casilak-San Agustin, municipality of Tudela, province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,...