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People vs. Ernesto Cruz, Jr. y Concepcion, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ERNESTO CRUZ, jR. y CONCEPCION and REYNALDO AGUSTIN y RAMOS, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 168446 | 2009-09-18

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

The present appeal is from a Decision[1] dated April 8, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 00264, affirming in toto the Joint Decision[2] dated May 25, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 78, Malolos, Bulacan, finding appellants Ernesto Cruz, Jr. and Reynaldo Agustin guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention (Article 267, Revised Penal Code [RPC] as amended by Republic Act [R.A.] No. 7659) and Robbery (Article 294, RPC, as amended by R.A. No. 7659).

The antecedent facts, as culled from the records, are the following:

On August 23, 1998, on...