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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Manzanero, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ULPIANO MANZANERO, JR. (deceased) and TITO BENJAMIN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-33698 | 1973-12-20

D E C I S I O N

ZALDIVAR, J:
Appeal from the decision, dated May 25, 1971, of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, in its Criminal Case No. 15740, finding defendants Ulpiano Manzanero, Jr. and Tito Benjamin guilty of the crime of kidnapping and serious illegal detention as charged in an information that reads as follows:
"That on or about the 12th day of August, 1965, in the City of Lucena, capital of the province of Quezon, the above-named accused, Ulpiano Manzanero, Jr., Tito Benjamin, John Doe and Richard Doe, the identity of the latter two being still unknown, conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping or aiding one...