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PEOPLE vs Imelda P. Villanueva

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. IMELDA VILLANUEVA y PAQUIRING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116311 | 1996-02-01

MENDOZA, J.:


This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 35, finding accused-appellant guilty of kidnapping as defined and punished in Art. 267, par. 4 of the Revised Penal Code and sentencing her to reclusion perpetua and to pay the costs.

Complainant Jocelyn Gador-Silvestre is the mother of a baby boy named Aris Silvestre, eight months old at the time of the incident in question. She was residing in a squatters' area in Intramuros, Manila, known as Maestranza Compound. Accused-appellant was also a resident of that place.

It appears that at around 9:00 o' clock in the morning of July 1, 1993,...