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PEOPLE vs Leonilo Pidoy

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LEONILO PIDOY y LANGRIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 146696 | 2003-07-03

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Appellant Leonilo Pidoy y Langrio was charged with Murder in an information[1] which reads:

That on or about the 5th day of April, 1997, in the Municipality of Victorias, Province of Negros Occidental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a bladed weapon, with evident premeditation and treachery and with intent to kill, did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and stab one ROMEO SANTIA, thereby inflicting injuries upon the body of the latter which caused his death.

CONTRARY TO LAW.

The information was...