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People vs. Norada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. EDILBERTO NORADA y HARDER, and AGUSTIN SEVA y LACBANES, Accused, UGENE VILLANUEVA y CANALES, Accused-Appellant. Present: SERENO, C.J., Chairperson, VELASCO, JR., * LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, DEL CASTILLO, and TIJAM,JJ.

G.R. No. 218958 | 2017-12-13

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Eugene Villanueva y Canales (appellant) seeks in the present appeal, the reversal of the January 14, 2015 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00686 which affirmed with modifications the July 21, 2006 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bacolod City, Branch 50, convicting him of the complex crime of attempted Kidnapping with Murder.
 
The Antecedent Facts: 
 
In the afternoon of February 12, 2004, Police Inspector Bonifer Gotas (PI Gotas), Precinct Commander of Precinct VI, Bacolod City...