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People vs. Ali

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. USTADZ IBRAHIM ALI y KALIM, ABDUL HASSAN AND TWO OTHER COMPANIONS IDENTIFED ONLY AS "JUL" AND "AMAT," Accused, USTADZ IBRAHIM ALI y KALIM , Accused-Appellant. Present: VELASCO, J., Chairperson, BERSAMIN,* LEONEN, MARTIRES, and GESMUNDO,** JJ.

G.R. No. 222965 | 2017-12-06

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the 30 April 2015 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00473-MIN, which affirmed the 30 July 1999 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, Zamboanga City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 15599, finding accused Ustadz Ibrahim Ali y Kalim (Ali) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention, defined and penalized under Article 267 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC). 
 
THE FACTS
 
In an Information dated 17 December 1998, Ali, together...