
6Īccused-appellant escaped from the hospital on 14 July 2010, at around 7:45 in the evening, and arrived at their house the day after. There, the attending physician diagnosed him with schizophrenia. There was a time when he did not sleep at all for one week, prompting Cederina to bring the accused-appellant to the psychiatric department of the Philippine General Hospital ( PGH). Further, Cederina observed that his personality had changed, and he had a hard time sleeping. No further physical examination was conducted on him, because they did not have the funds to pay for additional checkups.

Because of the incident, he sustained head injuries, which required stitches. Prior to that, he had already exhibited signs of mental illness which started manifesting after he was mauled by several persons in an altercation when he was twenty-one (21) years old. Nulud), a medico-legal officer of the Philippine National Police Southern Police District ( PNP-SPD) Crime Laboratory.Ĭederina testified that accused-appellant was admitted to the National Center for Mental Health ( NCMH) on 8 July 2010. The prosecution presented the testimonies of Cederina Pantoja ( Cederina), mother of the accused-appellant, as hostile witness BBB 5 father of the victim and Dr. When arraigned on 4 April 2011, accused-appellant pleaded not guilty. That on or about the 22nd day of July 2010, in the City of Taguig, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused, with intent to kill, armed with a bladed weapon ( kitchen knife), a deadly weapon, with treachery, and taking advantage of his superior strength, did then there willfully, unlawfully, treacherously, and feloniously, attack, assault and repeatedly stab one, 4 who was 6 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense, which is an act also considered to be cruelty against children, hitting the latter on the different parts of his body thereby inflicting upon him fatal injuries which caused his death to the damage and prejudice of the heirs of the victim. 143350 finding accused-appellant Jonas Astorga Pantoja ( accused-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.Īccused-appellant was charged m an information 3 which reads as follows:
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06492, which affirmed with modification the 2 September 2013 Decision 2 of the Regional Trial Court ( RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 163, Taguig City Station, in Criminal Case No. On automatic review before this Court is the 20 March 2015 Decision 1 rendered by the Court of Appeals ( CA) in CA-G.R.
