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PEOPLE Vs. Leoncio Pedrigal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LEONCIO PEDRIGAL y SIMBALLANA @ “BAKLA”, appellant.

G.R. No. 152604 | 2003-09-18

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

In Criminal Case No. 5247-G, appellant Leoncio Pedrigal y Simballana @ "Bakla" was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 61, with murder in an information[1] which reads:

That on or about the 18th day of December 1995, at Sitio Badajos, Barangay Butanyog, Municipality of Mulanay, Province of Quezon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused, with intent to kill, armed with a small bolo (itak-itakan), with treachery, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and stab with the said weapon one...