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People of the Phil. Vs. Elmer Dela Cruz, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ELMER DE LA CRUZ and TRANQUILINO MARTINEZ, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 173308 | 2008-06-25

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

For review is the November 2, 2005 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. HC-CR No. 00947 affirming with modification the November 18, 2002 decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 89 in Criminal Case No. Q-99-80669 finding the accused-appellants Elmer de la Cruz (De la Cruz) and Tranquilino Martinez (Martinez) guilty of the crime of kidnapping for ransom and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of death.

Charged with the crime of kidnapping for ransom were accused-appellants De la Cruz and Martinez, along with three others, namely, Aldrin Tano (Tano), Romeo Dano...