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People vs. Pua [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NELSON ANCHETA PUA and BENLEY ANCHETA PUA, appellants.

G.R. No. 144050 | 2003-11-11

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This is an automatic appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 103in Criminal Case No. Q-99-80570, convicting appellants Nelson ("Bong") Ancheta Pua and Benley Ancheta Pua of kidnapping for ransom and sentencing them to suffer the death penalty; and to pay damages to the victim Jocelyn Caleon.
 
The Indictment

The appellants and their cousin Nelson Laddit Pua were charged with kidnapping for ransom in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about November 23, 1998, at San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, the above-named...