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Gurro vs. People

EXCEL GURRO Y MAGA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. G.R. NO. 237216 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLE, VS. EXCEL GURRO Y MAGA, WENNIE INTING, JJ. IDIAN Y JAMINDANG AND JOEL JAMINDANG Y ZOSA, ACCUSED, WENNIE IDIAN Y JAMINDANG AND EXCEL GURRO Y MAGA. ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 224562 | 2019-09-18

DECISION
 
Sirs/Mesdames:
 
Assailed in these consolidated cases is the Decision[1] dated September 23, 2015 and the Resolution[2] dated May 11, 2016, rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06112, which affirmed the Decision[3] dated December 5, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Marikina City, Branch 192, in Criminal Case No. 2008-10454-MK, convicting Excel Gurro y Maga (Excel) and Wennie Idian y Jamindang (Wennie) of Kidnapping with Homicide.
 
The Antecedents

On August 12, 2008, an Information for Kidnapping for Ransom was filed against Excel.[4]

On October 3, 2008, the...