REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH 199
LAS PIÑAS CITY

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

- versus - CRIM.CASE NO. 21-0497
RENATO SAN JUAN y DE
MESA @ “ATO”,
Accused.
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DECISION
Stand charged before this court is herein accused, RENATO
SAN JUAN y DE MESA @ “ATO” for MALTREATMENT under
Paragraph 3, Article 266 of the Revised Penal Code in a Criminal
Information dated May 4, 2021 committed as follows:

“That on or about the 2nd day of May 2021 in the

City of Las Piñas, Philippines and within the
jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, without
justifiable cause, did then and there willfully,
unlawfully and feloniously hit one YZZY
BUENAVENTURA y VILLANUEVA, 7 years old, on
his shoulder, thereby ill-treating him by deed and
causing him pain, but without producing any visible
signs of injury.”

CONTRARY TO LAW”.

On June 8, 2021, accused Renato San Juan y De Mesa @

“ATO” was arraigned and with the assistance of his counsel de oficio
Atty. Quennie Agnes Somera of the Public Attorney’s Office entered a
plea of NOT GUILTY to the aforesaid criminal information.

During the initial presentation of prosecution evidence on July

29, 2021, his counsel de oficio manifested the desire of the accused
to withdraw his original plea of NOT GUILTY and substitute the same
with that of GUILTY as charged in the criminal information.

The court conducted a searching inquiry of his desire to

withdraw his original plea of not guilty to that of guilty as charged to
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determine his full comprehension of the consequences of the plea.

That despite the admonition given to him by the court on the effects
of a plea of guilty, accused insisted and reiterated to plead guilty as
charged.

Accused was re-arraigned and after reading the criminal

information in Filipino, a language that he speaks and understands,
he entered a plea of Guilty. The accused plea of guilty shall be
considered as a mitigating circumstance because it was made prior to
the presentation of prosecution evidence.

WHEREFORE, by his voluntary and spontaneous admission

accused RENATO SAN JUAN y DE MESA @ “ATO” is found
GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of MALTREATMENT under
Paragraph 3, Article 266 of the Revised Penal Code and is hereby
sentenced to a straight penalty of TEN (10) DAYS of ARESTO
MENOR.

The period during which accused has remained under detention

shall be credited to him in full provided that he complied with the
terms and conditions of the City jail.

Let a copy of this Decision be furnished the accused and his

counsel, the private complainant and the prosecution for their
information and guidance.

SO ORDERED.

Promulgated in Open Court.

Las Piñas City, August 5, 2021.

ELIZABETH YU-GURAY
Acting Presiding Judge