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PEOPLE vs Ejandra

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ELVIE EJANDRA @ ELVIES EJANDRA @ BEBOT EJANDRA@ ALEJANDRO EJANDRA @ BEBOT OCAY SUANGCO, MAGDALENA CALUNOD y MAGANOY @ MAGDALENA SALIOT-SUANGCO, ANTONIO HUERA y RANDA, ROEL REVILLA (All detained at Quezon City Jail, Quezon City), Appeellants.

G.R. No. 134203 | 2004-05-27

DECISION



PER CURIAM:



This is a review on automatic appeal of the Decision[1] of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, Branch 219, convicting appellants Elvie Ejandra, Magdalena Calunod, Edwin Tampos and Roel Revilla of kidnapping for ransom, and sentencing them to suffer the death penalty.


The Indictment


The accused were charged of kidnapping for ransom in an Information filed in the Regional Trial Court which reads:



That on or about July 2, 1997, in Quezon City, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, above-named accused, while confederating, conniving, conspiring, and helping each and one another, did then...