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PEOPLE vs James Patano, Ramil Madriaga, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JAMES PATANO Y MARCAIDA, RAMIL MADRIAGA Y LAGONOY AND ROSENDO MADRIAGA Y BANAAG, APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 129306 | 2003-03-14

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

For automatic review is the decision dated April 30, 1997, rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 262 in Criminal Case No. 110089-H convicting appellants James Patano, Ramil Madriaga and Rosendo Madriaga of the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom and imposing upon them the supreme penalty of death.

The Amended Information, dated May 15, 1996, charged appellants James Patano, Ramil Madriaga and Rosendo Madriaga as well as Oswaldo Banaag, Manolo Babac, Allan Duarte and Jose Doe, with the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom, committed as follows:

That on or about March 25, 1996, in...