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PEOPLE vs Ronnie Mactal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RONNIE MACTAL y AZARCON, appellant.

G.R. No. 141187 | 2003-04-28

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 36, Gapan, Nueva Ecija, in Criminal Case No. 4045 convicting herein appellant of the crime of parricide and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

Appellant Ronnie Mactal y Azarcon was charged with killing his wife, Evelyn Joaquin Mactal, in an information[2] that read:

"That or on about the 15th day of July, 1995, at Daang Bakal, San Nicholas, Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill and with the use of a hard object,...