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Vera vs. People 117 Phil. 170 or 7 SCRA 152

GAUDENCIO VERA, RESTITUTO FIGUERAS, LORENZO AMBAS, JUSTO FLORIDO, PAULINO BAYRAN AND JAYME GARCIA, petitioners, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18184 | 1963-01-31

D E C I S I O N 
 
BARRERA, J.: 
 
In the Court of First Instance of Quezon, petitioners Gaudencio Vera, Restituto Figueras, Lorenzo Ambas, Justo Florido, Paulino Bayran, and 92 others, as John Does, were charged with the complex crime of kidnapping with murder of Amadeo Lozanes, alias Azarcon. Upon petitioners' motion, invoking the benefits of Amnesty Proclamation of the President, series of 1946, the case was referred to the Eighth Guerilla Amnesty Commission, which actually tried it. 
 
During the hearing, none of the petitioners-defendants admitted having committed the crime charged. In fact, Gaudencio Vera,...