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PEOPLE Vs. Isaias Fernandez y Veras a.k.a. “Isiah Fernandez”, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ISAIAS FERNANDEZ y VERAS a.k.a. “ISAIAH FERNANDEZ,” ROBERT “BOBBY” KIWAS y BINAWE, JOHN DOE, PETER DOE and CHARLIE DOE, accused, / ISAIAS FERNANDEZ y VERAS a.k.a. “ISAIAH FERNANDEZ,” appellant.

G.R. No. 132788 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, Branch 6, dated January 14, 1998, in Criminal Case No. 14390-R, finding appellant Isaias Fernandez y Veras, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Republic Act No. 6539,[2] as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, and sentencing him to death.

In an Information dated June 18, 1996, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Baguio City charged herein appellant, Robert "Bobby" Kiwas, and three Does with violation of the Anti-Carnapping Act as amended by Rep. Act No. 7659, allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 21st...