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People vs. Castillo [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus, ELIZABETH CASTILLO and EVANGELINE PADAYHAG, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 132895 | 2004-03-12

DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
Before us on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque, Branch 260, National Capital Judicial Region, in Criminal Case No. 95-86, finding appellants Elizabeth Castillo (“Castillo”) and Evangeline Padayhag (“Padayhag”) guilty of Qualified Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention[2] and sentencing them to death.

The Information[3] charging Castillo, Padayhag and Imelda Wenceslao with the crime of kidnapping, reads:
 
That on or about March 1, 1995, in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of the...