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PEOPLE Vs. Marcelino Cedon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO CEDON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 101117 | 1994-06-15

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 29, Catbalogan, Samar, in Criminal Case No. 3247, disposing as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the court finds the accused Marcelino Cedon (alias Seling Cedon) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of kidnapping for ransom under Art. 267 of the Revised Penal Code and hereby sentences him to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the complainant Felimon Gerona, Sr. the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00), without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

It appearing that the accused Marcelino Cedon has been detained since...