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People of the Philippines Vs. Monico De Chavez y Perlas, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MONICO DE CHAVEZ y PERLAS, JUANITO MINON y RODRIGUEZ, and ASUNCION MERCADO y MARCIANO, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 188105 | 2010-04-23

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal[1] by accused-appellants Juanito Miñon y Rodriguez and Asuncion Mercado y Marciano seeking their acquittal by a reversal of the November 27, 2008 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 002212 which affirmed with modification their earlier conviction by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 34 in Calamba, Laguna, of the crime of Kidnapping as defined and penalized under Art. 267 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, in Criminal Case No. 6073-98-C.

The Facts

Criminal Case No. 6073-98-C of the court of origin traces its formal beginning in an Information[3]...