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PEOPLE vs Vilma Almedras & Arsenio Almendras

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. VILMA ALMENDRAS y ZAPATA and ARSENIO ALMENDRAS y LOCSIN, appellants.

G.R. No. 145915 | 2003-04-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the judgment[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Calamba, Laguna, Branch 36, dated November 23, 2000, in Criminal Case No. 6014-98-C, the fallo of which reads:

WHEREFORE, this court finds accused Vilma Almendras and Arsenio Almendras guilty beyond reasonable doubt for violation of Sec. 15, Title III of Republic Act 6425 as amended by Republic Act 7659, and are hereby sentenced to suffer the death penalty.

The two accused are hereby ordered to pay the fine of two million pesos each.

SO ORDERED.[2]

Appellants herein are Vilma Almendras y Zapata, alias "Apple," and her husband,...