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People of the Philippines Vs. Johny Bautista y Bautista, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHNNY BAUTISTA y BAUTISTA and JERRY MORALES y URSAL, Accused. JOHNNY BAUTISTA y BAUTISTA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188601 | 2010-06-29

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the March 18, 2009 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01694 entitled People of the Philippines v. Johnny Bautista y Bautista and Jerry Morales y Ursal (accused-appellants), Roberto Yap-Obeles, Luis Miranda, John Doe @ "Roy" and John Doe @ "Centes" (accused), which affirmed the July 1, 2002 Decision in Criminal Case No. 00-2082 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 116 in Pasay City.[2]

Accused-appellant Johnny Bautista y Bautista (Bautista) stands convicted of the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom, as defined and penalized under Article 267...