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People vs Bisda and Basilan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ALMA BISDA y GAUPO and GENEROSA "JENNY ROSE" BASILAN y PAYAN, appellants.

G.R. No. 140895 | 2003-07-17

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:
 
Before this Court on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Marikina City, Branch 272, convicting appellants Alma Bisda and Generosa "Jenny Rose" Basilan, of kidnapping for ransom; sentencing each of them to the extreme penalty of death by lethal injection, and ordering them to indemnify the parents of the victim Angela Michelle Soriano the amount of P100,000 as moral damages, and to pay the costs of the suit.
 
The Case
 
In an Amended Information docketed as Criminal Case No. 98-2647-MK, the appellants were charged with the felony of kidnapping for ransom...