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People vs. SPO1 Gonzales, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. SPO1 CATALINO GONZALES, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 192233 | 2016-02-17

D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
On appeal is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 02638, affirming with modification the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Trece Martirez City, Branch 23, convicting accused-appellant SPO1 Catalino Gonzales, Jr. for the crime of Kidnapping for Ransom.

On 30 January 2006, appellant was charged with Kidnapping for Ransom in the following Information:
 
That on December 28, 2005, at about 10:30 o'clock in the morning in the Municipality of Tanza, Province of Cavite and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring,...