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People of the Philippines Vs. Julian Pajes y Ponda, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JULIAN PAJES y OPONDA and MIGUEL PAGHUNASAN y URBANO, Accused-Appeellants

G.R. No. 184179 | 2010-04-12

D E C I S I O N


PEREZ, J.:

This is before this Court by way of an ordinary Appeal[1] from the Decision[2] dated 14 April 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00555. In the said decision, the appellate court affirmed the conviction of appellants Miguel Paghunasan (Paghunasan) and Julian Pajes (Pajes), for the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom under Article 267 of the Revised Penal Code,[3] and meted upon them the penalty of reclusion perpetua. The dispositive portion of the assailed decision reads:

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the appealed Decision is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION in that accused-appellants Julian Pajes...