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PEOPLE vs. Cerilo de Leon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CERILO DE LEON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-36443 | 1984-03-08

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This case is similar to the Lindberg case where the incident took place in Hopewell, New Jersey, the Garden State, many, many years ago. It is about a boy of tender years who was kidnapped for ransom and then killed. In the cold and legalese words of the information which was filed in Criminal Case No. 198 of the defunct Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, the crime was said to have been committed as follows:

"That on or about and within the period embraced from September 2, 1970 up to and including September 10, 1970, in the City of Naga, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable...