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People of the Philippines vs. Elpidio Enriquez, Jr., et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ELPIDIO ENRIQUEZ, JR. and EMILIANO ENRIQUEZ, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 158797 | 2005-07-29

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PUNO, J.: 

Elpidio Enriquez, Jr. and Emiliano Enriquez were convicted of kidnapping by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cavite City, Branch 16, and each was sentenced to suffer an indeterminate prison term of seventeen (17) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal as minimum to reclusion perpetua as maximum.[1] They appealed to the Court of Appeals which not only affirmed their convictions but imposed upon each of the appellants the penalty of reclusion perpetua.[2] The Court of Appeals refrained from entering judgment and certified the case to us pursuant to the second...