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PEOPLE vs. Florencio Bautista, Et Al. 106 Phil 39

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENCIO BAUTISTA alias COMMANDER BARRERA ET AL., defendants. FLORENCIO BAUTISTA, alias COMMANDER BARRERA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-10029 | 1959-08-21

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

In the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija Florencio Bautista alias Commander Barrera, together with Pablo Ocampo alias Commander de la Paz, Mariano Gabay alias Commander Berting alias Nano, Commander Tanggol, Commander Nardo, one Salcedo and four other individuals whose names are unknown, was charged with the crime of kidnapping (crim. case No. 3249). Only the first two defendants had been apprehended and after preliminary investigation were bound over to the Court having jurisdiction of the crime and there upon arraignment entered a plea of not guilty. On 5 November 1954 upon motion of the Fiscal and...