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People of the Philippines vs. Urban Salcedo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,vs.URBAN SALCEDO ABDURAHMAN ISMAEL DIOLAGRA, ABDULAJID NGAYA, HABER ASARI, ABSMAR ALUK, BASHIER ABDUL, TOTING HANO, JR., JAID AWALAL, ANNIK/RENE ABBAS, MUBIN IBBAH, MAGARNI HAPILON IBLONG, LIDJALON SAKANDAL, IMRAM HAKIMIN SULAIMAN, NADSMER ISNANI SULAIMAN, NADSMER ISNANI MANDANGAN KAMAR JAAFAR, SONNY ASALI and BASHIER ORDOÑEZ, Accused-Appeellants,KHADAFFY JANJALANI, ALDAM TILAO alias "ABU SABAYA," ET AL., and MANY OTHER JOHN DOES, PETER DOES and RICHARD DOES, Accused.

G.R. No. 186523 | 2011-06-22

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 


PERALTA, J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) promulgated on November 24, 2008, in accordance with Section 2 of Rule 125, in relation to Section 3 of Rule 56 of the Rules of Court. The CA found accused-appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of kidnapping in Criminal Case Nos. 3608-1164, 3611-1165, and 3674-1187 and sentenced them to reclusion perpetua.

A close examination of the records would reveal the CA's narration of the antecedent facts to be accurate, to wit:

Accused-appellants interpose the present appeal to the Decision of branch 2 of the...